retrench
English
/ɹɪˈtɹɛn(t)ʃ/, /ɹəˈtɹɛn(t)ʃ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To cut down or reduce.
- (transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
- (transitive) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
- (intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
- (intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
- (intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.
Etymology
Derived from Old French retranchier (get rid of, remove) derived from Latin *trinicāre, truncāre (maim by cutting off pieces, truncate) derived from Gaulish *trincare (cut).
Origin
Gaulish
*trincare
Gloss
cut
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betrench English
- entrench English
- mini-trench English
- nanotrench English
- retrencher English
- retrenchment English
- trench English
- trenchful English
- trenchless English
- trenchlike English
- trenchline English
- trenchwork English
- transeerata Finnish
- *trinicāre Latin
- truncāre Latin
- truncātiō Latin
- trinciare Italian
- retranchement French
- retrancher French
- trancher French
- *twerḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- re- Old French
- retranchier Old French
- tranchier Old French
- trenche Old French
- trenchier Old French
- tranĉi Esperanto
- retrenchement Middle French
- trencar Old Occitan
- *trincare Gaulish