êtrait

Norman

Etymology

From Old Northern French estreit, (compare Old French estroit), from Latin strictus (“tightened, compressed, having been tightened”), perfect passive participle of stringō, stringere (“tighten, compress”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg-.

Adjective

êtrait m

(Jersey) narrow

Derived terms

êtraitement (“narrowly”)

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