restreindre

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French rétraindre, from Old French restreindre, restraindre, borrowed from Latin restringere, and adapted in conjugation to étreindre (Old French estreindre). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɛs.tʁɛ̃dʁ/ === Verb === restreindre to restrict, to limit to restrain ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is conjugated like peindre. It uses the same endings as rendre or vendre, but its -nd- becomes -gn- before a vowel, and its past participle ends in 't' instead of a vowel. ==== Related terms ==== restreint étreindre === Further reading === “restreindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012