What does enfermer in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word enfermer in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use enfermer in French.
The word enfermer in French means shut up, shut away, lock up, shut away, keep in, lock yourself in, shut yourself in, confine yourself to , restrict yourself to , lock yourself into, contain, include, double-lock, retreat into yourself. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word enfermer
shut up, shut away, lock upverbe transitif (emprisonner, confiner) (phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.") Il enferme ses poules tous les soirs. He shuts his chickens away every night. |
shut awayverbe transitif (mettre en lieu sûr) (phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.") Elle enferme ses bijoux dans un coffre tous les soirs. She shuts away her jewels in a case every night. |
keep inverbe transitif (figuré (empêcher de sortir) Le mauvais temps nous a enfermés toute l'après-midi. We were stuck in the house all afternoon because of the bad weather. |
lock yourself in, shut yourself inverbe pronominal (se cloîtrer) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Il s'enferme à double tour dès 20 h. He locks himself in by double locking the door from 8 pm. |
confine yourself to , restrict yourself to , lock yourself intoverbe pronominal (figuré (s'enferrer, se bloquer) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Il s'enferme dans une logique dangereuse. He is locking himself into a dangerous way of thinking. |
contain, includeverbe transitif (littéraire (contenir, inclure) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Ce texte enferme des propos tendancieux. This text contains tendentious wording. |
double-locklocution verbale (retenir de façon très sécurisée) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Chaque soir, elle enferme ses bijoux à double tour dans son coffre. Every evening, she double-locks the case containing her jewellery. |
retreat into yourself(s'isoler mentalement) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
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