"embalm" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈbɑːm/ [UK], /ɪmˈbɑm/ [US], /ɪmˈbɔm/ [US], /ɪmˈbɑlm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-embalm.wav [Southern-England] Forms: embalms [present, singular, third-person], embalming [participle, present], embalmed [participle, past], embalmed [past]
Rhymes: -ɑːm, -ɑːlm Etymology: From Middle English enbawmen, from Middle French embaumer, from Old French embasmer. See balm. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|enbawmen}} Middle English enbawmen, {{der|en|frm|embaumer}} Middle French embaumer, {{der|en|fro|embasmer}} Old French embasmer, {{m|en|balm}} balm Head templates: {{en-verb}} embalm (third-person singular simple present embalms, present participle embalming, simple past and past participle embalmed)
  1. (transitive) To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Burial Translations (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition): ταριχεύω (tarikheúō) (Ancient Greek), حَنَّطَ (ḥannaṭa) (Arabic), أَحْنَطَ (ʔaḥnaṭa) (Arabic), бальзамава́ць (balʹzamavácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), забальзамава́ць (zabalʹzamavácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), балсамирам (balsamiram) (Bulgarian), balzamovat [imperfective] (Czech), balsemen (Dutch), s-d-w-x-Aa2:D40 (sdwḫ) (Egyptian), palsamoida (Finnish), embaumer (French), einbalsamieren (German), ταριχεύω (tarichévo) (Greek), embalmar (Ido), balsamaigh (Irish), imbalsamare (Italian), condiō (Latin), балсамира (balsamira) (Macedonian), bawmen (Middle English), enbawmen (Middle English), balsamować [imperfective] (Polish), zabalsamować [perfective] (Polish), embalsamar (Portuguese), бальзамировать (balʹzamirovatʹ) (Russian), забальзами́ровать (zabalʹzamírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), balzamovať [imperfective] (Slovak), embalsamar (Spanish), balsamera (Swedish), tahnitlemek (Turkish), tahnit etmek (Turkish), бальзамува́ти (balʹzamuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), забальзамува́ти (zabalʹzamuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), забальзамо́вувати (zabalʹzamóvuvaty) [imperfective, rare] (Ukrainian), אײַנבאַלזאַמיִרן (aynbalzamirn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-embalm-en-verb-ZeK2yrvM Disambiguation of Burial: 87 2 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 6 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 8 8 Disambiguation of 'to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition': 98 1 1
  2. (transitive, figurative) To preserve. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-embalm-en-verb-7aj~s17Q
  3. (transitive) To perfume or add fragrance to something. Tags: transitive Translations (to perfume): parfymoida (Finnish), hajustaa (Finnish), embaumer (French), condiō (Latin), embalsamar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-embalm-en-verb-tEHs3dIr Disambiguation of 'to perfume': 5 5 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: imbalm [archaic] Derived forms: embalming, embalmer

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "imbalm"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥannaṭa",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "حَنَّطَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaḥnaṭa",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "أَحْنَطَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "balʹzamavácʹ",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "бальзамава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zabalʹzamavácʹ",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "забальзамава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "balsamiram",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "балсамирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "balzamovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "balsemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "sdwḫ",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "s-d-w-x-Aa2:D40"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "palsamoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "embaumer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "einbalsamieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tarichévo",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "ταριχεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tarikheúō",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "ταριχεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "embalmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "balsamaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "imbalsamare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "condiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "balsamira",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "балсамира"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "bawmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "enbawmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "balsamować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zabalsamować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "embalsamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "balʹzamirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "бальзамировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabalʹzamírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "забальзами́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "balzamovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "embalsamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "balsamera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "tahnitlemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "tahnit etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "balʹzamuváty",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "бальзамува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zabalʹzamuváty",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "забальзамува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zabalʹzamóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "забальзамо́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "aynbalzamirn",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "אײַנבאַלזאַמיִרן"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to perfume",
      "word": "parfymoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to perfume",
      "word": "hajustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to perfume",
      "word": "embaumer"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to perfume",
      "word": "condiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to perfume",
      "word": "embalsamar"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "embalming"
  ],
  "word": "embalm"
}

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