engage
Signification (Anglais)
- (transitive) To interact socially.
- (ambitransitive) To interact socially.
- To interact socially.
- (transitive) To interact antagonistically.
- (intransitive) To interact antagonistically.
- (transitive) To interact contractually.
- (intransitive) To interact contractually.
- (transitive) To interact contractually.
- (obsolete, transitive) To interact contractually.
- To interact mechanically.
- (transitive) To interact mechanically.
- (obsolete, transitive) To entangle.
Concepts
entrer en collision
rentrer dans
se caramboler
se heurter (à)
s’engrener
engager des armes
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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/
Étymologie (Anglais)
In summary
From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Frankish *anwadjōn (“to pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *an-, *andi- + Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge, secure”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”), equivalent to en- + gage. Cognate with Old English anwedd (“pledge, security”), Old English weddian (“to engage, covenant, undertake”), German wetten (“to bet, wager”), Icelandic veðja (“to wager”). More at wed.
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