embolden

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbəʊld(ə)n/
  Play
• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪm-/
  Play
• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• General-American: /ɛmˈboʊld(ə)n/
  Play
• rhymes with -əʊldən
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: EH0 M B OW1 L D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

From bold (adjective) + em- -en (variant of en- -en (circumfix forming transitive verbs denoting an increase in, or intensification of, the quality denoted by the enclosed word)). Compare Middle English embolden, enbolden (“to make bold, encourage”) (modern English embold, enbold, imbold (obsolete)), and inboldysshen (“to embolden, encourage”).

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: քաջալերել (kʻaǰalerel) — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Bulgarian: насърчавам (nasǎrčavam) — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Bulgarian: окуражавам (okuražavam) — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Dutch: moed geven — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Dutch: verstouten — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Esperanto: kuraĝigi — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Esperanto: instigi — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Finnish: kannustaa — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Finnish: rohkaista — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• French: encourager — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• French: enhardir — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Galician: arrufar — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• German: ermutigen — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• German: bestärken — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Ancient Greek: θρασύνω (thrasúnō) — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Macedonian: охрабри (ohrabri) — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Spanish: envalentonar — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Spanish: encorajar — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Welsh: hyfhau — to render (someone) bolder or more courageous — see also encourage, hearten
• Esperanto: grasigi — to format (text) in boldface
• Finnish: lihavoida — to format (text) in boldface
• German: fetten — to format (text) in boldface
• German: fett setzen — to format (text) in boldface
• Hungarian: félkövérít — to format (text) in boldface