French word retranchement comes from French -ment, French retrancher
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| -ment | French (fra) | Used to form adverbs (from the feminine form of an adjective), most of the time equivalent to the English -wise, -ly. Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment. |
| retrancher | French (fra) | (archaic, transitive) to kill, to snuff out, to bump off. (intransitive) to cut down. (reflexive) to take shelter. (reflexive, military) to entrench oneself. (transitive) to cut off (exclude, from e.g. society). (transitive) to deduct, take away, cut out (delete). |
| retranchement | French (fra) | Entrenchment. Subtraction, deduction. |