cantonner

Definition: to station, quarter, confine

Mon frère est cantonné au Japon. - My brother is stationed in Japan.

Je me sens cantonné dans ce travail - I feel confined to this job.

Related: un canton - district; cantonal (adj) - local; le cantonnement - stationing, quartering, quarters, camp

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Pronunciation: [ka(n) tuh nay]Audio Link