confines

confines

See also: confinés

English

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnfaɪnz/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnfaɪnz/
• Verb:
  • IPA^(key): /kənˈfaɪnz/
• Rhymes: -aɪnz

Noun

confines pl (plural only)

1. The borders or limits of an area.
2. Elements that restrain someone.
   • 2020 December 2, Mark Phillips, “Rebuilding Rail in the 2020s”, in Rail, page 46:

     "I think that there comes a point where people begin to get bored within their own confines, so there is definitely an opportunity to encourage travel - even though it will be a different sort of arrangement than we've been used to in the past.

3. The scope or range of a subject.

Translations

borders or limits of an area

French: confins (fr) m pl

elements that restrain someone

scope or range

Verb

confines

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confine

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Catalan

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular present indicative form of confinar

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.fin/
• Homophones: confine, confinent

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of confiner

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Latin

Adjective

cōnfīnēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine plural of cōnfīnis

References

• confines in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of confinar

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Spanish

Noun

confines

1. plural of confín

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of confinar