contenir

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to contain
  2. (transitive) to contain, to hold back, to keep in check (to control)
  3. (transitive) to hold, to take, to seat (to have a capacity of)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɔ̃t.niʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French contenir, borrowed from Latin continēre.

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