enchevêtrer

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French, Old French enchevestrer. By surface analysis, en- +‎ chevêtre +‎ -er. Alternatively, according to the TLFi, from a Vulgar Latin *incapistrāre or *encapistrāre, from Latin capistrāre. Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Spanish encabestrar; Portuguese encabrestar; Italian incapestrare; Romanian încăpăstra; and Sardinian incrabistare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʃə.vɛ.tʁe/ ~ /ɑ̃.ʃə.ve.tʁe/ === Verb === enchevêtrer (transitive) to tangle up (transitive) to entangle, to involve, to implicate (reflexive) to become tangled (reflexive) to get tangled up, to get mixed up [with dans ‘in something’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== enchevêtrement === Further reading === “enchevêtrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012