Heath's French and English dictionary

by Jean Louis de Lolme

entrecoupé, -e, part., broken (of words).

entrecouper, v.a., to traverse, to cross, to intersect; to stop, to interrupt, to break off.

s’entrecouper, v.r., to cut or cross one another; to interrupt one another; to intersect; (vet.) to hit or chafe one leg against the other.

entrecroisement, n.m., intersection, crossing.

s’entre-croiser, v.r., to cross one another, to intersect.

s’entre-déchirer, v.r., to tear one another to pieces.

s’entre-défaire, v.r., to defeat one another.

s’entre-détruire, v.r., to destroy one another.

entre-deux, n.m., (—) intermediate space; partition; cut; (cook.) middle pier-piece (of a cod); insertion (lace); (nav.) trough of the sea.

entre-deux, adv., (l.u.) betwixt and between.