ensnare

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛnˈsnɛə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪn-/
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• General-American: /ɛnˈsnɛ(ə)ɹ/
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• General-American: /ɪn-/
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 N S N EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English snare English ensnare From en- + snare.

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kurthoj — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Bulgarian: впримчвам (vprimčvam) — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Czech: chytit do pasti — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Czech: polapit — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Dutch: vangen — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Dutch: strikken — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• French: piéger — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• German: fangen — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• German: einfangen — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Ancient Greek: παγιδεύω (pagideúō) — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Hungarian: tőrbe csal — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Italian: intrappolare — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Latin: illaqueō — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Māori: reti — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Māori: tāhere — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Māori: pōtari — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Māori: āhere — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Māori: rore — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Māori: tāwhiti — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Māori: toromāhanga — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Māori: raraka — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Māori: tārore — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Māori: tari — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Middle English: snaren — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Portuguese: engodar — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Romanian: ademeni — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Romanian: a prinde în capcană — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Russian: поймать (pojmatʹ) — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Scottish Gaelic: rib — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Spanish: atrapar — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Swedish: snärja — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Woiwurrung: bang-un — to snare, to catch through a snare or trap
• Dutch: verwikkelen — to entangle
• Dutch: verstrikken — to entangle
• French: empêtrer — to entangle
• German: verwickeln — to entangle
• German: verheddern — to entangle
• German: verstricken — to entangle
• Latin: illaqueō — to entangle
• Māori: raraka — to entangle
• Māori: tā — to entangle
• Māori: porowhiwhiwhiwhi — to entangle
• Māori: porowhīwhiwhi — to entangle
• Māori: hīrau — to entangle
• Māori: takawhiwhi — to entangle
• Māori: tākeke — to entangle
• Māori: ārau — to entangle
• Māori: tāweka — to entangle
• Portuguese: emaranhar — to entangle
• Portuguese: enredar — to entangle
• Russian: запутать (zaputatʹ) — to entangle
• Spanish: enmarañar — to entangle
• Spanish: enredar — to entangle
• Swedish: snärja — to entangle