"embonpoint" meaning in English

See embonpoint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɑ̃bɔ̃pwɛ̃/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-embonpoint.wav Forms: more embonpoint [comparative], most embonpoint [superlative]
enPR: äɴbôɴpwĕɴ Etymology: Borrowed from French embonpoint. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|embonpoint}} French embonpoint Head templates: {{en-adj}} embonpoint (comparative more embonpoint, superlative most embonpoint)
  1. Plump, chubby, buxom. Synonyms: overweight, voluptuous Translations (plump, chubby, buxom): muodokas (Finnish), ぽっちゃり (pocchari) (Japanese), по́лный (pólnyj) (Russian), дородный (dorodnyj) (Russian), pun (Serbo-Croatian), punašan (Serbo-Croatian), rechoncho (Spanish), rollizo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-embonpoint-en-adj-oO9Nm9Se

Noun

IPA: /ɑ̃bɔ̃pwɛ̃/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-embonpoint.wav Forms: embonpoints [plural]
enPR: äɴbôɴpwĕɴ Etymology: Borrowed from French embonpoint. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|embonpoint}} French embonpoint Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} embonpoint (countable and uncountable, plural embonpoints)
  1. Plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (plumpness): muodokkuus (Finnish), embonpoint [masculine] (French), Embonpoint [masculine, neuter] (German), полнота́ (polnotá) [feminine] (Russian), дородность (dorodnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), punašnost (Serbo-Croatian)
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