Meanings
plural constrictions
- countableuncountableThe act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts.
The very structural uniqueness of Esperanto makes it hard to translate into ethnic languages – not least because many of those who write in Esperanto do so out of their rejection of the constriction that they experience when writing in their native languages.
2008, Humphrey Tonkin, “Preface”, in Geoffrey Sutton, Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto 1887–2007, Mondial, →ISBN, page 2 - countableuncountableA compression.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincōn-
- Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
- Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
- Proto-Italic*stringō
- Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
- Proto-Italic*strengō
- Latinstringō
- Latincōnstringō
- Late Latincōnstrictiō
- Englishconstriction
Borrowed from Late Latin constrictio, constrictionis, from Latin constringo.
More words from Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian свиване, стягане
- свиване (svivane)the act of narrowing
- стягане (stjagane)the act of narrowing
- стеснение (stesnenie)A narrow part of something; a stricture
Catalan constricció
- constriccióthe act of narrowing
Czech zúžení
- zúženíthe act of narrowing
Irish ainleog
- ainleogthe act of narrowing
Russian сужение
- сужение (suženije)A narrow part of something; a stricture
Spanish constricción
- constricciónthe act of narrowing
Swedish förträngning, förträngning
- förträngningthe act of narrowing
- förträngningA narrow part of something; a stricture
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with constriction
Cite this entry
constriction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/constriction
“constriction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/constriction. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “constriction,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/constriction.
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