entrelacement
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From entrelacer (“to interlace”) + -ment.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
entrelacement m (plural entrelacements)
- interlacing
- interweaving
- (literature) A medieval French literary technique in which multiple narratives are interlaced into one coherent whole, allowing for moral and ironic commentary
Further reading[edit]
- “entrelacement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- 'Entrelacement in the Encyclopedia Britannica