different between district vs confines

English

Etymology

From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) +? stringere (“to draw tight, strain”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?s?tr?kt, IPA^(key): /?d?st??kt/
• Hyphenation: dis?trict

Noun

district (plural districts)

1. An administrative division of an area.

   the Soho district of London

2. An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.

   the Lake District in Cumbria

3. (Britain) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.

   South Oxfordshire District Council

Derived terms

Related terms

• districtual

Translations

Verb

district (third-person singular simple present districts, present participle districting, simple past and past participle districted)

1. (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.

Derived terms

• redistrict

Translations

Adjective

district (comparative more district, superlative most district)

1. (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
   • 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments

     punishing with the rod of district severity

Further reading

• district in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• district in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• district at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch district, from Middle French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distring?, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + string?, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?tr?kt/
• Hyphenation: dis?trict
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

district n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)

1. district

Derived terms

• kiesdistrict

Descendants

• Afrikaans: distrik
• ? Indonesian: distrik

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.t?ikt/, /dis.t?ik/

Noun

district m (plural districts)

1. district

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distring?, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + string?, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).

Noun

district m (plural districts)

1. (Jersey) district

Romanian

Etymology

From French district

Noun

district n (plural districte)

1. district

Declension

English

Noun

confines pl (plural only)

1. The borders or limits of an area.
2. Elements that restrain someone.
3. The scope or range of a subject.

Translations

Verb

confines

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confine

Catalan

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular present indicative form of confinar

French

Pronunciation

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

Verb

confines

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

Latin

Adjective

c?nf?n?s

1. nominative masculine plural of c?nf?nis
2. nominative feminine plural of c?nf?nis
3. accusative masculine plural of c?nf?nis
4. accusative feminine plural of c?nf?nis
5. vocative masculine plural of c?nf?nis
6. vocative feminine plural of c?nf?nis

References

• confines in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

confines

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of confinar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of confinar

Spanish

Noun

confines

1. plural of confín

Verb

confines

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of confinar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of confinar.