intrication

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French intrication.

Noun

intrication (countable and uncountable, plural intrications)

1. (obsolete) entanglement

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “intrication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• citrination

French

Etymology

From s’intriquer (“to entangle”) +‎ -ation, from Latin intricō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

intrication f (plural intrications)

1. entanglement

   Synonym: enchevêtrement

   intrication quantique ― quantum entanglement

Further reading

• “intrication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.