English Explanatory Dictionary

entanglement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of entangling.
  2. The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.
  3. The condition of being deeply involved and intricated (with politics, a group, another person, etc.)
  4. The condition, or an instance, of being romantically or sexually involved with another person; an affair.
  5. That which entangles; an involvement, a complication; an intricacy; a perplexity.
  6. An obstruction placed in front or on the flank of a fortification, to impede an enemy's approach.
  7. An obstruction of cables and spars across a river or harbour entrance.
  8. Ellipsis of quantum entanglement.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtæŋɡəlmənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-entanglement.wav

Word forms

entanglement entanglements

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English entanglen English entangle Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English entanglement From entangle + -ment.

Related words

entangler entangling

Derived words

disentanglement hydroentanglement hyperentanglement nonentanglement quantum entanglement unentanglement

Translations

Czech: spleť Czech: pletka Czech: intrika Dutch: verstrikking Dutch: verwarring Dutch: verwikkeling Dutch: verstrengeling Finnish: kietoutuminen Finnish: sotkeutuminen Finnish: sotku French: intrication Georgian: გადახლართულობა Georgian: დახლართულობა Georgian: ჩახლართულობა German: Verwicklung German: Gewirr Irish: achrann Irish: aimhréidh Irish: fostú Irish: paintéaracht Italian: intreccio Italian: groviglio Japanese: 縺れ Māori: rorenga Polish: splątanie Polish: plątanina Polish: gmatwanina Romanian: încurcătură Romanian: complicație Romanian: situație complicată Spanish: enredo Spanish: romance Turkish: karışma Turkish: yer alma Russian: пу́таница
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