étrangler

Meaning

  1. to strangle
  2. (reflexive) to choke (with laughter, etc.)
  3. (reflexive) to say in a voice strangled by emotion.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.tʁɑ̃.ɡle/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French estrangler, inherited from Latin strangulāre. Doublet of stranguler.

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