entorse

Substantivization of Old French entors, passive past participle of the verb entordre.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tɔʁs/

entorse f (plural entorses)

1. sprain
2. (figuratively) exception, violation (to a rule)

   Synonym: infraction

   faire une entorse au règlement, au principe ― to make an exception to the rule, to the principle

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

• osèrent, renotes