embrace

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English

Alternative forms

• imbrace (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English embracen, from Old French embracier, equivalent to em- +‎ brace. Influenced by Middle English umbracen (“to stretch out over, cover, engulf”), from um- (“around”) + bracen (“to brace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪmˈbreɪs/, SAMPA: /Im"brEIs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

Verb

embrace (third-person singular simple present embraces, present participle embracing, simple past and past participle embraced)

1. hug, put arms around
2. (metaphorical) enfold, include (ideas, principles, etc)

Translations

to hug (a person)

Afrikaans: omhels Arabic: احتضن (ar) (iḥtáḍana) Bulgarian: прегръщам (bg) Catalan: abraçar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 擁抱 (zh), 拥抱 (zh) (yōngbào) Czech: obejmout (cs) Dutch: omarmen (nl), omhelzen (nl), knuffelen (nl) Finnish: halata (fi), syleillä (fi) French: étreindre (fr) German: umarmen (de)

Greek: ασπάζομαι (el) (aspázomai) Japanese: 抱く (ja) (いだく, idaku) Latin: amplector (la) Polish: objąć, uściskać Portuguese: abraçar (pt) Romanian: îmbrățișa (ro) Russian: обнима́ть (ru) (obnimát') impf., обня́ть (ru) (obnját') pf. Spanish: abrazar (es) Swedish: krama (sv)

(metaphorical) to enfold or include (ideas, principles, etc)

Bulgarian: прегръщам (bg) Catalan: abraçar (ca) Chinese: Dutch: omarmen (nl) Finnish: omaksua (fi)

German: annehmen (de), umarmen (de) Greek: ασπάζομαι (el) (aspázomai) Polish: obejmować (pl) Portuguese: abraçar (pt)

Noun

embrace (plural embraces)

1. hug (noun); putting arms around someone
2. (metaphorical) enfolding, including

Translations

hug

Afrikaans: omhels Bulgarian: прегръдка (bg) f. Catalan: abraçada (ca) f. 1CJKV Characters: trad. 擁, simpl. 拥 (yǒng) Mandarin: trad. 擁抱, simpl. 拥抱 (yǒngbào) Czech: objetí (cs) n. Dutch: omarming (nl) f., omhelzing (nl) f., knuffel (nl) c. Finnish: syleily (1), halaus (1) French: accolade (fr) f., embrassement (fr) m.

German: Umarmung (de) f. Polish: objęcie n., uścisk m. Portuguese: abraço (pt) m. Romanian: îmbrățișare (ro) f. Russian: объя́тие (ru) (ob"játije) n., объя́тия (ru) (ob"játija) n. pl. Swedish: kram (sv) c.