embrace

Signification (Anglais)

1. To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
2. To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
3. To submit to; to undergo.
4. To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
5. To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
6. (obsolete) To fasten on, as armour.
7. (obsolete) To accept (someone) as a friend; to accept (someone's) help gladly.
8. (obsolete) To attempt to influence (a court, jury, etc.) corruptly; to practise embracery.

embrasser

étreinte

étreindre

embrassade

accolade

adopter

embrassement

comprendre

entourer

s’embrasser

prendre dans les bras

contenir

inclure

renfermer

enlacer

êtreindre

englober

enlacement

encercler

donner l’accolade

comporter

retenir

être imbibé de

porter dans ses bras

prendre dans ses bras

serrer contre son sein

embrasse

sein

couvrir

reprendre

acquérir

assumer

embrassant

embrassons

câliner

Fréquence

Coupé comme

em‧brace

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɛmˈbɹeɪs/

The verb is derived from Middle English embracen (“to clasp in one's arms, embrace; to reach out eagerly for, welcome; to enfold, entwine; to ensnare, entangle; to twist, wrap around; to gird, put on; to lace; to be in or put into bonds; to put a shield on the arm; to grasp (a shield or spear); to acquire, take hold of; to receive; to undertake; to affect, influence; to incite; to unlawfully influence a jury; to surround; to conceal, cover; to shelter; to protect; to comfort; to comprehend, understand”) [and other forms], from Old French embracer, embracier (“to kiss”) (modern French embrasser (“to kiss; (dated) to embrace, hug”)), from Late Latin *imbracchiāre, from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’)) + bracchium (“arm”). The English word is analysable as em- + brace. The noun is derived from the verb.