restrânse

Restrânse is the feminine plural form of the Romanian past participle restrâns, derived from the verb restrânge, meaning to restrain or restrict. As an adjective, restrânse agrees with feminine plural nouns and conveys the sense of something that has been limited, narrowed, or confined. The related inflections are restrânsă (feminine singular), restrâns (masculine singular), restrânsi (masculine plural), and restrânse (feminine plural).

In use, restrânse typically appears after the noun it modifies, especially in phrases like zonele restrânse ale orașului (the restricted zones of the city), distanțe restrânse (restricted distances), or reglementări restrânse (restricted regulations). It is common in contexts such as geography, urban planning, policy, and technical descriptions where the scope or extent of something has been deliberately limited.

Etymologically, restrânge descends from Latin restrictus, meaning bound back or tightened, and entered Romanian through Romance-era linguistic contact, with a path through or parallel to Old French influence. The sense has largely remained stable: to make something narrower in scope, reach, or size.

Related terms include restricție (restriction), a restrânge itself (to restrain or restrict), and limite (limit). While restrânse is specifically the feminine plural adjective form, other gender-number forms are used to match different nouns in number and gender.