serrer

Phrases
Signification (Anglais)

  1. (transitive) to tighten (a screw, a knot)
  2. (transitive) to shake (hands)
  3. (transitive) to squeeze
  4. (transitive) to hug, to stay close to
  5. (reflexive) to squeeze
  6. (pronominal) to shake (hands)
  7. (slang, transitive) to seduce; to flirt with
  8. (slang, transitive) to pinch (to arrest, apprehend someone)

Fréquence

B2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/sɛ.ʁe/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

Inherited from Old French serrer, from Vulgar Latin *serrāre (“close, shut”), from Late Latin serāre (“fasten, bolt”), from Latin sera (“bolt, crossbar”).

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