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See also: enlacé

English

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Etymology

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From Old French enlacer.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪs

Verb

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enlace (third-person singular simple present enlaces, present participle enlacing, simple past and past participle enlaced)

  1. (transitive) To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace
    Synonyms: lace, encircle, enfold
    • c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
      But yet I may ſay ſafely, so many wel lettred
      Embraudred, enlaſid together, and fettred,
      And ſo little learning, ſo lewdly alowed,
      What fault find ye herein but may be avowed?
  2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) To entangle.

Anagrams

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French

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Verb

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enlace

  1. inflection of enlacer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

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Noun

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enlace m (plural enlaces)

  1. link
  2. (chemistry) bond

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈla.si/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈla.si/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈla.se/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈla.se/

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from enlaçar (to entwine).

Noun

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enlace m (plural enlaces)

  1. intertwining
    Synonym: enlaçamento
  2. connection, link
    Synonyms: conexão, ligação
  3. (figuratively) marriage
    Synonym: casamento
  4. hug
    Synonym: abraço

Etymology 2

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Verb

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enlace

  1. inflection of enlaçar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /enˈlaθe/ [ẽnˈla.θe]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enˈlase/ [ẽnˈla.se]
  • Rhymes: -aθe
  • Rhymes: -ase
  • Syllabification: en‧la‧ce

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from enlazar.

Noun

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enlace m (plural enlaces)

  1. link, connection
  2. bond, relationship
  3. union, marriage
  4. (chemistry) bond, linkage
  5. (military, government) liaison
  6. go-between
  7. (computing) link, hyperlink
    Synonyms: hiperenlace, hipervínculo, vínculo
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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enlace

  1. inflection of enlazar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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