restriction

English

Etymology

From Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo-Norman restriction, Middle French restriction, and their source, Late Latin restrictiō, from Latin restringō.

Morphologically restrict +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkʃən
• Hyphenation: re‧stric‧tion

Noun

restriction (countable and uncountable, plural restrictions)

1. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
2. A regulation or limitation that restricts.
3. (biology) The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.

Usage notes

• It is often used with the preposition "on", i.e., "restriction on something".

Derived terms

• field restriction
• restriction enzyme
• value restriction
• width restriction

 

Related terms

• restrict
• restrain
• restraint
• constriction

Translations

act or state

• Arabic: تقييد
• Belarusian: абмежаванне n (abmježavannje)
• Bulgarian: ограничаване (bg) n (ograničavane)
• Catalan: restricció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 限制 (zh) (xiànzhì)

• Czech: omezení (cs) n
• Dutch: beperking (nl) f
• Estonian: piiramine
• Finnish: rajoittaminen (fi)
• French: restriction (fr) f
• German: Beschränkung (de) f, Verbot (de) n
• Greek: περιορισμός (el) m (periorismós)
• Irish: teorannú m
• Italian: restrizione (it) f
• Japanese: 制限 (ja)
• Korean: 제한(制限) (ko) (jehan)
• Lithuanian: apribojimas m
• Macedonian: ограничување n (ograničuvanje)
• Russian: ограниче́ние (ru) n (ograničénije)
• Spanish: restricción (es) f
• Ukrainian: обмеження n (obmežennja)
• Vietnamese: hạn chế (vi) (限制)

regulation or limitation

• Arabic: قيد
• Belarusian: абмежаванне n (abmježavannje)
• Bulgarian: ограничение (bg) n (ograničenie)
• Catalan: restricció f
• Czech: omezení (cs) n
• Estonian: piirang
• Finnish: rajoitus (fi), rajoite (fi)
• German: Beschränkung (de) f, Einschränkung (de) f
• Italian: restrizione (it) f
• Lithuanian: apribojimas m
• Macedonian: ограничување n (ograničuvanje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: restriksjon m

  Nynorsk: restriksjon m

• Polish: restrykcja (pl) f, obostrzenie (pl) n
• Romanian: restricție (ro) f
• Russian: ограниче́ние (ru) n (ograničénije)
• Sanskrit: अवधारण (sa) n (avadhāraṇa)
• Spanish: restricción (es) f
• Swedish: restriktion (sv) c, begränsning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: обмеження n (obmežennja)

degradation of DNA

• French: restriction (fr)
• Italian: restrizione (it) f
• Portuguese: restrição (pt)
• Spanish: restricción (es)

Anagrams

• tortricines

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French restriction, from Old French restriction, borrowed from Late Latin restrictiōnem, from Latin restringō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.tʁik.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

restriction f (plural restrictions)

1. restriction (limitation; constraint)

Related terms

• restreindre
• restreint

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin restrictio, restrictionem, from Latin restringo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛstɾikˈt͡sjun/

Noun

restriction oblique singular, f (oblique plural restrictions, nominative singular restriction, nominative plural restrictions)

1. restriction (limitation; constraint)

Related terms

• restreindre

Descendants

• English: restriction
• French: restriction

References

• restriction on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub