"embarrasser" meaning in English

See embarrasser in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: embarrassers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree French embarrasserbor. English embarrass English -er English embarrasser From embarrass + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|embarrass|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree French embarrasserbor. English embarrass English -er English embarrasser [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "embarrasser", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "embarrass", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "embarrasser", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="embarrasser"> From embarrass + -er., {{ety|en|:af|embarrass|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Akkadian 𒆟 (rakāsum) Akkadian 𒄙 (markasu)bor. Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)bor. Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa)der. Old Galician-Portuguese baraço Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçarbor. Old Spanish embaraçar Spanish embarazarbor. French embarrasserbor. English embarrass Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English embarrasser From embarrass + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} embarrasser (plural embarrassers)
  1. One who embarrasses (someone or something).
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Inflected forms

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