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)

The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
A piece of embroidered fabric.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  ‘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?’
The elaboration of an account etc. with details, especially when fictitious.

Derived terms

Translations

ornamentation

Arabic: تَطْرِيز m (taṭrīz)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Breton: broderezh (br) m
Bulgarian: бродерия (bg) f (broderija)
Catalan: brodat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刺繡／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
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Stickerei (de) f, Sticken n
Greek: κέντημα (el) n (kéntima)
Hindi: चिक काढना (cik kāḍhnā)
Hungarian: hímzés (hu), kézimunka (hu)
Ingrian: mišura
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
Occitan: please add this translation if you can
Old English: blēocræft m
Ottoman Turkish: نقش (nakş)
Polish: haft (pl) m
Portuguese: bordado (pt) m
Punjabi: ਕਢਾਈ f (kaḍhāī)
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
Wolof: dawume
Yakan: buldaw
Yiddish: אויסנייעכץ n (oysneyekhts)

fabric

Bulgarian: бродерия (bg) f (broderija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刺繡品／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 (hu)

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Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} útsaumur m (1, 2)

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