entortiller

== French == === Etymology === From a Vulgar Latin root *intortiliāre, from Latin tortilis (“twisted, coiled”). See also Old French entort as the past participle of entordre. Compare Catalan entortellar, Spanish entortijar, Italian intortigliare, Friulian intorteâ, cf. also Romanian întortochea. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tɔʁ.ti.je/ === Verb === entortiller (transitive) to wrap around, to twist around, to envelop (figuratively) to win over, to persuade especially with tricks (figuratively) to muddle up (one's explanation) (pronominal) to get tangled up, to get entangled ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== entortillement ==== Related terms ==== tortiller === Further reading === “entortiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012