restriction

restriction

English

Etymology

From Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo-Norman restriction, Middle French restriction, and their source, Late Latin restrictiō, from Latin restringō.

Morphologically restrict +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/

• Audio (RP)

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• Rhymes: -ɪkʃən
• Hyphenation: re‧stric‧tion

Noun

restriction (countable and uncountable, plural restrictions)

1. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
2. A regulation or limitation that restricts.
3. (biology) The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.

Usage notes

• It is often used with the preposition "on", i.e., "restriction on something".

Derived terms

• restriction enzyme
• width restriction

Related terms

• restrict
• restrain
• restraint
• constriction

Translations

act or state

Arabic: تقييد‎ Belarusian: абмежаванне n (abmježavannje) Bulgarian: ограничаване (bg) n (ograničavane) Catalan: restricció f Chinese: Mandarin: 限制 (zh) (xiànzhì) Czech: omezení (cs) n Dutch: beperking (nl) f Estonian: piiramine Finnish: rajoittaminen (fi) German: Beschränkung (de) f, Verbot (de) n Greek: περιορισμός (el) m (periorismós) Irish: teorannú m Italian: restrizione (it) f Japanese: 制限 (ja) Korean: 제한(制限) (ko) (jehan) Lithuanian: apribojimas m Macedonian: ограничување n (ograničuvanje) Russian: ограниче́ние (ru) n (ograničénije) Spanish: restricción (es) f Ukrainian: обмеження n (obmežennja) Vietnamese: hạn chế (vi) (限制)

regulation or limitation

Arabic: قيد‎ Belarusian: абмежаванне n (abmježavannje) Bulgarian: ограничение (bg) n (ograničenie) Catalan: restricció f Czech: omezení (cs) n Estonian: piirang Finnish: rajoitus (fi), rajoite (fi) German: Beschränkung (de) f, Einschränkung (de) f Italian: restrizione (it) f Lithuanian: apribojimas m Macedonian: ограничување n (ograničuvanje) Norwegian: Bokmål: restriksjon m Nynorsk: restriksjon m Polish: restrykcja (pl) f, obostrzenie (pl) n Romanian: restricție (ro) f Russian: ограниче́ние (ru) n (ograničénije) Sanskrit: अवधारण (sa) n (avadhāraṇa) Spanish: restricción (es) f Ukrainian: обмеження n (obmežennja)

degradation of DNA

French: restriction (fr) Italian: restrizione (it) f Portuguese: restrição (pt) Spanish: restricción (es)

Anagrams

• tortricines

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French

Etymology

From Middle French restriction, from Old French restriction, borrowed from Late Latin restrictio, restrictionem, from Latin restringo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.tʁik.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

restriction f (plural restrictions)

1. restriction (limitation; constraint)

Related terms

• restreindre
• restreint

Further reading

• “restriction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin restrictio, restrictionem, from Latin restringo.

Noun

restriction f (oblique plural restrictions, nominative singular restriction, nominative plural restrictions)

1. restriction (limitation; constraint)

Related terms

• restreindre

Descendants

• English: restriction
• French: restriction

References

• restriction on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub