emboîtement

== English == === Etymology === From French emboîtement. === Noun === emboîtement (uncountable) (biology, now historical) The outdated hypothesis that all living things proceed from pre-existing germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, enclosed one within another. == French == === Etymology === From emboîter (“to fit together”) +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bwat.mɑ̃/ === Noun === emboîtement m (plural emboîtements) interlocking, stacking === Further reading === “emboîtement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012