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embrace

/embˈɹeɪs/em-BRAYS
/ɛmbˈɹeɪs/em-BRAYS

Meaningto take in the arms

Common meaning: to hold in the arms

‘in’ + ‘the arm’ → embrace

Journey through time

  1. Frenchembracer
  2. Middle Englishenbracensource
  3. Englishembrace‘to hold in the arms’ · today

em- also in: employempathyempyreanembellishempirical

brac also in: bracebracelet

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 Latin bracchium ‘the arm’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry bracchium, p. 249 · dictionary scan

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Related words

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