entrain

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɪn === Etymology 1 === From Middle French entrainer (modern French entraîner / entrainer), from en- + trainer (“to pull, drag”). ==== Verb ==== entrain (third-person singular simple present entrains, present participle entraining, simple past and past participle entrained) (transitive) To draw (something) along as a current does. [from 1854] water entrained by steam (chemistry) To suspend (small particles) in the current of a fluid. (mathematics) To set up or propagate (a signal), such as an oscillation. (figuratively) To conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes. (neurobiology) To become trained or conditioned in (a pattern of brain behavior). (now literary and rare) To draw, induce, or bring about. [from 1568] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From en- +‎ train. ==== Verb ==== entrain (third-person singular simple present entrains, present participle entraining, simple past and past participle entrained) (poetic, intransitive) To get into or board a railway train. [from 1878] Antonym: detrain (transitive) To put aboard a railway train. [from 1878] Antonym: detrain ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From French entrain, a deverbal from entraîner (“to charm, enthuse”) or a derivation from être en train (“to be in a good mood”). ==== Noun ==== entrain (countable and uncountable, plural entrains) (now rare) Spirit, liveliness, vivacity, drive. [from 1847] === References === === Anagrams === Tiernan, tannier, trannie == French == === Etymology === Either a deverbal from entraîner (“to charm, enthuse”) or composed of en +‎ train as a derivation from être en train (“to be in a good mood”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁɛ̃/ === Noun === entrain m (uncountable) spirit, liveliness, vivacity, drive === References === === Further reading === “entrain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === reniant