"transfretation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transfretations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French [Term?], ultimately from Latin trans (“across”) + fretum or fretus (“strait, channel”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm}} Middle English [Term?], {{der|en|frm}} Middle French [Term?], {{der|en|la|trans||across}} Latin trans (“across”), {{m|la|fretum|}} fretum, {{m|la|fretus||strait, channel}} fretus (“strait, channel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} transfretation (plural transfretations)
  1. a passage over a strait of narrow sea Related terms: fret, fretum, transfrete
    Sense id: en-transfretation-en-noun-TdK6-eIb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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