contrainte

== French == === Etymology === From the feminine of contraint; Middle French constrainte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁɛ̃t/ === Noun === contrainte f (plural contraintes) constraint requirement, demand (physics) stress === Verb === contrainte third-person singular present indicative of contraindre ==== Related terms ==== contraindre === Participle === contrainte f sg feminine singular of contraint === Further reading === “contrainte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === contraient == Middle French == === Alternative forms === constrainte === Etymology === From the feminine of contraint, constraint. === Noun === contrainte f (plural contraintes) constraint === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “contrainte”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.