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embroider

/ɪmbˈɹɔɪdə/im-BROY-dur
/ɪmbˈɹɔɪdɚ/im-BROY-dur

Meaningdecorate with needlework

Common meaning: decorate fabric by stitching designs

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchbredersource
  2. Middle Englishembrouderen‘embroider’source
  3. Englishembroider‘decorate fabric by stitching designs’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French breder ‘decorate with needlework’.

Roots

  • breder Old French “decorate with needlework”

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