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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English embrouderen, frequentative of embrouden (“to decorate, embroider”), equivalent to embroid +‎ -er. Middle English embrouden itself comes from Anglo-Norman embrouder, from Old French embrosder (“to embroider”), ultimately of Germanic origin, though the exact pathway is uncertain. Possibly an intensive of Old French brosder, brouder (compare Norman broudaïr), from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌶𐌳𐍉𐌽 (*bruzdōn), related to English bristle and brad. Alternatively, perhaps from Frankish *anbroʀdōn (“to embroider, stitch”), related to Old High German anabrortōn (“to embroider”), Old English onbryrdan (“to prick, incite”).

Pronunciation

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• (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪdə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: em‧broi‧der

Verb

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embroider (third-person singular simple present embroiders, present participle embroidering, simple past and past participle embroidered)

1. To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.
2. (figuratively) To add imaginary detail to a narrative to make it more interesting or acceptable.

Derived terms

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• embroiderer
• embroideress
• embroidery
• overembroider
• reembroider

Translations

[edit] to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread

Arabic: Egyptian Arabic: زركش (zarkaš) Armenian: ասեղնագործել (hy) (aseġnagorcel) Belarusian: гафтаваць impf (haftavacʹ), вы́гафтаваць pf (výhaftavacʹ) Bulgarian: бродирам (brodiram) Catalan: brodar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 刺繡 / 刺绣 (zh) (cìxiù) Czech: vyšívat Danish: brodere Dutch: borduren (nl) Esperanto: brodi (eo) Finnish: kirjoa (fi), koruommella (fi), kirjailla (fi) French: broder (fr) Friulian: strapongi Galician: bordar (gl) German: sticken (de) Greek: κεντάω (el) (kentáo) Hindi: काढ़ना (kāṛhnā) Hungarian: hímez (hu) Icelandic: sauma út, bródera, baldýra Ido: brodar (io) Ingrian: mišuroittaa Irish: bróidnigh, gréasaigh, spruigeáil Italian: ricamare (it) Japanese: 刺繍する (ja) (ししゅうする, shishū suru) Latin: acū pingo Latvian: izšūt Ligurian: recamâ Lithuanian: siuvinėti, išsiuvinėti Maori: tāniko Mongolian: Cyrillic: хатгамал хийх (xatgamal xiix) Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠳᠬᠤᠮᠠᠯᠬᠢᠬᠦ (qadqumal kikü) Norman: broder (Jersey), broudaïr (Guernsey) Norwegian: brodere (no) Polish: haftować (pl) impf, wyhaftować (pl) pf Portuguese: bordar (pt) Russian: вышива́ть (ru) impf (vyšivátʹ), вы́шить (ru) pf (výšitʹ) Slovene: vesti impf Spanish: bordar (es) Swahili: tarizi Swedish: brodera (sv) Turkish: nakış işlemek (tr) Volapük: brodön (vo) Yiddish: העפֿטן (heftn)

to add imaginary detail to a narrative

Bulgarian: разкрасявам (bg) (razkrasjavam) Dutch: aandikken (nl) Finnish: värittää (fi) French: broder (fr) German: ausschmücken (de) Greek: κεντάω (el) (kentáo) Italian: ricamare (it), abbellire (it), indorare Mongolian: Cyrillic: хачирлах (mn) (xačirlax) Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠴᠢᠷᠯᠠᠬᠤ (qačirlaqu) Polish: koloryzować (pl) impf, podkolorowywać impf, podkolorować pf Portuguese: florear (pt) Russian: приукра́шивать (ru) impf (priukrášivatʹ), приукра́сить (ru) pf (priukrásitʹ) Vietnamese: thêm mắm thêm muối

Further reading

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• “embroider”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “embroider”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “embroider”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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