serrer

Signification

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɛ.ʁe/

Étymologie

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