embroidery

embroidery

English

Etymology

From Middle French embrouderie, from embrouder + -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəɹi/

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Noun

embroidery (countable and uncountable, plural embroideries)

1. The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
2. A piece of embroidered fabric.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess‎:

     ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’

3. The elaboration of an account etc. with details, especially when fictitious.

Assisi embroidery|embroidery hoop|gold embroidery|re-embroidery

Derived terms

• Assisi embroidery
• embroidery hoop
• gold embroidery
• re-embroidery

 

Translations

ornamentation

Arabic: تَطْرِيز‎ m (taṭrīz) Breton: broderezh (br) m Bulgarian: бродерия (bg) f (broderija) Catalan: brodat (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 刺繡 (zh), 刺绣 (zh) (cìxiù) Cornish: brosweyth Corsican: frisgiuleghji Czech: výšivka f Danish: broderi (da) n Dutch: borduurwerk (nl) n Finnish: koruompelu (fi), kirjonta (fi) French: broderie (fr) f German: Stickerei (de) f, Sticken n Greek: κέντημα (el) n (kéntima) Hindi: चिक काढना (cik kāḍhnā) Hungarian: hímzés (hu), kézimunka (hu) Irish: bróidnéireacht f Italian: ricamo (it) Japanese: 刺繍 (ja) (ししゅう, shishū), エンブロイダリー (enburoidarī) Kazakh: кесте (keste) Korean: 자수(刺繡) (ko) (jasu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: nexş (ku) Latin: acupictura f Macedonian: везење n (vezenje), вез m (vez) Mongolian: хэтрүүлэг (mn) (xetrüüleg) Norman: brod'die f Norwegian: Bokmål: broderi n Nynorsk: broderi n Old English: blēocræft m Polish: haft (pl) m Portuguese: bordado (pt) m Russian: вышива́ние (ru) n (vyšivánije) Scottish Gaelic: obair-ghréise f, gréis f Sicilian: raccamu Slovak: výšivka f Spanish: bordado (es) Swedish: broderi (sv) Tagalog: burdá Turkish: nakış (tr) Ukrainian: вишивка (vyšyvka), вишива́ння n (vyšyvánnja) Vietnamese: đồ thêu Welsh: brodwaith Westrobothnian: burdering f, burderning f Wolof: dawume Yakan: buldaw

fabric

Bulgarian: бродерия (bg) f (broderija) Chinese: Mandarin: 刺繡品 (zh), 刺绣品 (zh) (cìxiù pǐn) Finnish: koruommel (fi), kirjontatyö French: broderie (fr) f German: Stickerei (de) f Greek: κέντημα (el) (kéntima) Hungarian: hímzés (hu), kézimunka (hu) Irish: bróidnéireacht f Macedonian: вез m (vez) Norman: brod'die f Norwegian: Bokmål: broderi n Nynorsk: broderi n Portuguese: bordado (pt) m Russian: вы́шивка (ru) f (výšivka), вышива́ние (ru) n (vyšivánije) Scottish Gaelic: obair-ghréise f, gréis f Ukrainian: вишивання (vyšyvannja), вишивка (vyšyvka)

elaboration of an account with details

Danish: udsmykning c Finnish: värittäminen (fi) French: broderie (fr) f German: Ausschmückung f Hungarian: kiszínezés

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Icelandic: (please verify) útsaumur m (1, 2)