noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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From Middle English constreynt, constreynte, from Old French constreinte, past participle of constreindre (“to constrain”), from Latin cōnstringō (corresponding to the past participle cōnstrictus).
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
fre
— something that constrains
Arabic:
متطلب
— something that constrains
Bulgarian:
принуда
(prinuda)
— something that constrains
Catalan:
restricció
— something that constrains
Chinese Mandarin:
約束 /约束
(yuēshù)
— something that constrains
Dutch:
beperking
— something that constrains
Dutch:
inperking
— something that constrains
Dutch:
begrenzing
— something that constrains
Finnish:
rajoitus
— something that constrains
Finnish:
raja
— something that constrains
Finnish:
rajoite
— something that constrains
French:
contrainte
— something that constrains
Galician:
restrición
— something that constrains
German:
Einschränkung
— something that constrains
German:
Beschränkung
— something that constrains
German:
Restriktion
— something that constrains
German:
Zwang
— something that constrains
German:
Hemmnis
— something that constrains
German:
Auflage
— something that constrains
German:
Bedingung
— something that constrains
German:
Nötigung
— something that constrains
German:
Befangenheit
— something that constrains
German:
Verlegenheit
— something that constrains
German:
Geziertheit
— something that constrains
German:
Zurückhaltung
— something that constrains
German:
Randbedingung
— something that constrains
German:
Nebenbedingung
— something that constrains
Greek:
περιορισμός
(periorismós)
— something that constrains
Icelandic:
ófrelsi
— something that constrains
Italian:
vincolo
— something that constrains
Italian:
costrizione
— something that constrains
Japanese:
束縛
(sokubaku)
— something that constrains
Malay:
kekangan
— something that constrains
Norwegian Bokmål:
begrensning
— something that constrains
Polish:
ograniczenie
— something that constrains
Polish:
przymus
— something that constrains
Portuguese:
coação
— something that constrains
Portuguese:
compulsão
— something that constrains
Romanian:
constrângere
— something that constrains
Romanian:
obligație
— something that constrains
Russian:
ограниче́ние
(ograničénije)
— something that constrains
Scottish Gaelic:
èiginn
— something that constrains
Serbo-Croatian:
ograničénje
— something that constrains
Serbo-Croatian:
усиљеност
— something that constrains
Serbo-Croatian:
ograničénje
— something that constrains
Serbo-Croatian:
usiljenost
— something that constrains
Turkish:
kısıtlama
— something that constrains
Turkish:
sınırlama
— something that constrains
Turkish:
tahdit
— something that constrains
Ottoman Turkish:
باصقی
(baskı)
— something that constrains
Ukrainian:
обме́ження
(obméžennja)
— something that constrains
Dutch:
beperking
— mathematics: condition to a solution
Dutch:
randvoorwaarde
— mathematics: condition to a solution
Finnish:
ehto
— mathematics: condition to a solution
French:
contrainte
— mathematics: condition to a solution
German:
Zwangsbedingung
— mathematics: condition to a solution
Hindi:
व्यवरोध
(vyavrodh)
— mathematics: condition to a solution
Italian:
vincolo
— mathematics: condition to a solution
Norwegian Bokmål:
beskrankning
— mathematics: condition to a solution
Polish:
ograniczenie
— mathematics: condition to a solution
Polish:
warunek
— mathematics: condition to a solution
Portuguese:
restrição
— mathematics: condition to a solution
Russian:
ограниче́ние
(ograničénije)
— mathematics: condition to a solution
