fetter
see also: Fetter
Etymology
Fetter
Proper noun
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see also: Fetter
Etymology
From Middle English feter, from Old English feter, Proto-West Germanic *fetur, from Proto-Germanic *feturaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-.
Pronunciation Nounfetter (plural fetters)
- A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural).
- (figurative) Anything that restricts or restrains.
- French: entrave, fers
- German: Fessel; (on feet specifically) Fußfessel, Fußschelle
- Italian: ferri, ceppi
- Portuguese: ferros, grilhões, grilhetas, peia
- Russian: пу́ты
- Spanish: grillos, pihuelas, (for animals) manea, (for birds) pihuela
- French: entrave, obstacle
- Italian: ostacoli
- Portuguese: grilhões, peia
- Russian: пу́ты
- Spanish: grillos, pihuela, traba, obstáculo
fetter (fetters, present participle fettering; simple past and past participle fettered)
Translations- French: entraver
- Italian: incatenare
- Portuguese: agrilhoar
- Russian: заковывать
- Spanish: engrillar, aherrojar
- French: entraver
- Italian: ostacolare
- Portuguese: agrilhoar
- Russian: сковывать
- Spanish: impedir
Fetter
Proper noun
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