embroidery

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• /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəɹi/
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From Middle French embrouderie, from embrouder + -erie. By surface analysis, embroider + -y.

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: ጥልፍ (ṭəlf) — art
• Czech: vyšívání — art
• Danish: broderi — art
• Dutch: borduren — art
• Esperanto: brodado — art
• Estonian: tikand — art
• Estonian: tikandus — art
• Estonian: väljaõmblus — art
• Finnish: kirjonta — art
• French: broderie — art
• German: Sticken — art
• Hungarian: hímzés — art
• Icelandic: útsaumur — art
• Icelandic: ísaumur — art
• Italian: ricamo — art
• Latvian: izšūšana — art
• Norwegian Bokmål: broderi — art
• Norwegian Nynorsk: broderi — art
• Polish: hafciarstwo — art
• Polish: haftowanie — art
• Romanian: broderie — art
• Russian: вышива́ние (vyšivánije) — art
• Russian: вы́шивка (výšivka) — art
• Serbo-Croatian: vez — art
• Serbo-Croatian: вез — art
• Slovak: vyšívanie — art
• Slovene: vezenina — art
• Spanish: bordado — art
• Swedish: broderi — art
• Ukrainian: вишива́ння (vyšyvánnja) — art
• Ukrainian: ви́шивка (výšyvka) — art
• Ukrainian: гаптува́ння (haptuvánnja) — art
• Amharic: ጥልፍ (ṭəlf) — ornamentation
• Arabic: تَطْرِيز (taṭrīz) — ornamentation
• Breton: broderezh — ornamentation
• Bulgarian: бродерия (broderija) — ornamentation
• Catalan: brodat — ornamentation
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺繡 /刺绣 (cìxiù) — ornamentation
• Cornish: brosweyth — ornamentation
• Corsican: frisgiuleghji — ornamentation
• Czech: výšivka — ornamentation
• Danish: broderi — ornamentation
• Dutch: borduren — ornamentation
• Esperanto: brodaĵo — ornamentation
• Finnish: kirjonta — ornamentation
• Finnish: kirjailu — ornamentation
• Finnish: koristeompelu — ornamentation
• Finnish: koruompelu — ornamentation
• French: broderie — ornamentation
• German: Stickerei — ornamentation
• German: Sticken — ornamentation
• Greek: κέντημα (kéntima) — ornamentation
• Gujarati: કશીદો (kaśīdo) — ornamentation
• Hindi: चिक काढना (cik kāḍhnā) — ornamentation
• Hungarian: hímzés — ornamentation
• Hungarian: kézimunka — ornamentation
• Indonesian: sulam — ornamentation
• Indonesian: bordir — ornamentation
• Ingrian: mišura — ornamentation
• Irish: bróidnéireacht — ornamentation
• Italian: ricamo — ornamentation
• Japanese: 刺繍 (shishū) — ornamentation
• Japanese: エンブロイダリー (enburoidarī) — ornamentation
• Kazakh: кесте (keste) — ornamentation
• Korean: 자수 (jasu) — ornamentation
• Northern Kurdish: nexş — ornamentation
• Latin: acupictura — ornamentation
• Macedonian: везење (vezenje) — ornamentation
• Macedonian: вез (vez) — ornamentation
• Malay: tekat — ornamentation
• Mongolian: хэтрүүлэг (xetrüüleg) — ornamentation
• Norman: brod'die — ornamentation
• Norwegian Bokmål: broderi — ornamentation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: broderi — ornamentation
• Occitan: brodariá — ornamentation
• Old English: blēocræft — ornamentation
• Polish: haft — ornamentation
• Portuguese: bordado — ornamentation
• Punjabi: ਕਢਾਈ (kaḍhāī) — ornamentation
• Romanian: broderie — ornamentation
• Russian: вышива́ние (vyšivánije) — ornamentation
• Scottish Gaelic: obair-ghréise — ornamentation
• Scottish Gaelic: gréis — ornamentation
• Sicilian: raccamu — ornamentation
• Slovak: výšivka — ornamentation
• Spanish: bordado — ornamentation
• Spanish: bordadura — ornamentation
• Swedish: broderi — ornamentation
• Tagalog: burdá — ornamentation
• Thai: งานเย็บปักถักร้อย — ornamentation
• Turkish: nakış — ornamentation
• Ottoman Turkish: نقش (nakş) — ornamentation
• Ukrainian: вишивка (vyšyvka) — ornamentation
• Ukrainian: вишива́ння (vyšyvánnja) — ornamentation
• Vietnamese: đồ thêu — ornamentation
• Welsh: brodwaith — ornamentation
• Wolof: dawume — ornamentation
• Yakan: buldaw — ornamentation
• Yiddish: אויסנייעכץ (oysneyekhts) — ornamentation
• Bulgarian: бродерия (broderija) — fabric
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺繡品 /刺绣品 (cìxiù pǐn) — fabric
• Dutch: borduurwerk — fabric
• Finnish: kirjontatyö — fabric
• Finnish: koruommel — fabric
• French: broderie — fabric
• German: Stickerei — fabric
• Greek: κέντημα (kéntima) — fabric
• Hungarian: hímzés — fabric
• Hungarian: kézimunka — fabric
• Irish: bróidnéireacht — fabric
• Macedonian: вез (vez) — fabric
• Norman: brod'die — fabric
• Norwegian Bokmål: broderi — fabric
• Norwegian Nynorsk: broderi — fabric
• Polish: haft — fabric
• Portuguese: bordado — fabric
• Russian: вы́шивка (výšivka) — fabric
• Russian: вышива́ние (vyšivánije) — fabric
• Scottish Gaelic: obair-ghréise — fabric
• Scottish Gaelic: gréis — fabric
• Ukrainian: вишивання (vyšyvannja) — fabric
• Ukrainian: вишивка (vyšyvka) — fabric
• Danish: udsmykning — elaboration of an account with details
• Finnish: värittäminen — elaboration of an account with details
• French: broderie — elaboration of an account with details
• French: enjolivement — elaboration of an account with details
• German: Ausschmückung — elaboration of an account with details
• Hungarian: kiszínezés — elaboration of an account with details
• Polish: upiększenie — elaboration of an account with details