"embalm" meaning in English

See embalm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪmˈbɑːm/ [UK], /ɪmˈbɑm/ [US], /ɪmˈbɔm/ [US], /ɪmˈbɑlm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-embalm.wav 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 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), embalsamar (Galician), 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)
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  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), embalsamar (Galician), perfumar (Galician), condiō (Latin), embalsamar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-embalm-en-verb-tEHs3dIr Disambiguation of 'to perfume': 8 5 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: imbalm [archaic] Derived forms: disembalm, embalmable, embalmer, embalming, embalmment, unembalmed

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(transitive) To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition."
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          "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
          "word": "balsamera"
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          "roman": "balʹzamuváty",
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          "word": "бальзамува́ти"
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          "roman": "zabalʹzamuváty",
          "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
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          "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
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        "(transitive) To perfume or add fragrance to something."
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        "(transitive) To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition."
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        "(transitive, figurative) To preserve."
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        "(transitive) To perfume or add fragrance to something."
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ḥannaṭa",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "حَنَّطَ"
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      "word": "balsemen"
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      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
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      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "palsamoida"
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      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "embaumer"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "embalsamar"
    },
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      "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"
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      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "embalmar"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "balsamaigh"
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      "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"
    },
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "bawmen"
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      "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": [
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      "word": "balsamować"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zabalsamować"
    },
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      "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"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabalʹzamírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "забальзами́ровать"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "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"
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      "word": "забальзамува́ти"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zabalʹzamóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "tags": [
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        "rare"
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      "word": "забальзамо́вувати"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "aynbalzamirn",
      "sense": "to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition",
      "word": "אײַנבאַלזאַמיִרן"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to perfume",
      "word": "parfymoida"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to perfume",
      "word": "hajustaa"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to perfume",
      "word": "embaumer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to perfume",
      "word": "embalsamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to perfume",
      "word": "perfumar"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to perfume",
      "word": "condiō"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to perfume",
      "word": "embalsamar"
    }
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    "embalming"
  ],
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}

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