"imbroglio" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɛ̃.bʁɔ.ljo/, /ɛ̃.bʁɔ.ɡli.jo/ Forms: imbroglios [plural]
Etymology: From Italian imbroglio (“tangle”), from imbrogliare (“to tangle”), cognate with and probably from an earlier form of French embrouiller (“muddle, embroil”), from em- (“en-”) + brouiller. Doublet of embrouille. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|it|imbroglio||tangle}} Italian imbroglio (“tangle”), {{m|it|imbrogliare||to tangle}} imbrogliare (“to tangle”), {{uder|fr|fr|embrouiller||muddle, embroil}} French embrouiller (“muddle, embroil”), {{m|fr|en-|em-|en-}} em- (“en-”), {{m|fr|brouiller}} brouiller, {{doublet|fr|embrouille}} Doublet of embrouille Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} imbroglio m (plural imbroglios)
  1. a complicated situation; an entanglement Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for imbroglio meaning in French (1.9kB)

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