confines

See also: Confines and 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.
   • 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77:

     It has not been used for many years, and although it was impracticable to photograph the engine in the small confines of the shed it was possible to obtain a picture of the plate which it still carries showing the former ownership.

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 of confine

Catalan

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular present indicative of confinar

French

Pronunciation

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

Verb

confines

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

Galician

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of confinar

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)

Portuguese

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of confinar

Spanish

Noun

confines

1. plural of confín

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of confinar