"embellir" meaning in Français

See embellir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: \ɑ̃.be.liʁ\, ɑ̃.be.liʁ, ɑ̃.be.liʁ, ɑ̃.be.liʁ Audio: Fr-embellir.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-embellir.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-embellir.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-embellir.wav
Forms: embellir [infinitive, present], avoir embelli [infinitive, past], en embellissant [gerund, present], en ayant embelli [gerund, past], embellissant [participle, present], embelli [participle, past], j’embellis [indicative, present], tu embellis [indicative, present], il/elle/on embellit [indicative, present], nous embellissons [indicative, present], vous embellissez [indicative, present], ils/elles embellissent [indicative, present], j’embellissais [indicative, imperfect], tu embellissais [indicative, imperfect], il/elle/on embellissait [indicative, imperfect], nous embellissions [indicative, imperfect], vous embellissiez [indicative, imperfect], ils/elles embellissaient [indicative, imperfect], j’embellis [indicative, past], tu embellis [indicative, past], il/elle/on embellit [indicative, past], nous embellîmes [indicative, past], vous embellîtes [indicative, past], ils/elles embellirent [indicative, past], j’embellirai [indicative, future], tu embelliras [indicative, future], il/elle/on embellira [indicative, future], nous embellirons [indicative, future], vous embellirez [indicative, future], ils/elles embelliront [indicative, future], que j’embellisse [subjunctive, present], que tu embellisses [subjunctive, present], qu’il/elle/on embellisse [subjunctive, present], que nous embellissions [subjunctive, present], que vous embellissiez [subjunctive, present], qu’ils/elles embellissent [subjunctive, present], que j’embellisse [subjunctive, imperfect], que tu embellisses [subjunctive, imperfect], qu’il/elle/on embellît [subjunctive, imperfect], que nous embellissions [subjunctive, imperfect], que vous embellissiez [subjunctive, imperfect], qu’ils/elles embellissent [subjunctive, imperfect], j’embellirais [conditional, present], tu embellirais [conditional, present], il/elle/on embellirait [conditional, present], nous embellirions [conditional, present], vous embelliriez [conditional, present], ils/elles embelliraient [conditional, present], s’embellir [pronominal]
  1. Rendre plus beau. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: fr-embellir-fr-verb-9mT~p2A1 Categories (other): Exemples en français, Verbes transitifs en français
  2. Rendre plus agréable. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-embellir-fr-verb-vo9877P8 Categories (other): Exemples en français, Métaphores en français
  3. ou Devenir plus beau. Tags: intransitive, pronominal, reflexive
  4. Enjoliver une situation.
    Sense id: fr-embellir-fr-verb-Unnc83Uj Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: orner Derived forms: désembellir, embellie, embellissement, ne faire que croître et embellir, réembellir, rembellir Translations: vlei (Afrikaans), verschönern (Allemand), schöner machen (Allemand), embellish (Anglais), flatter (Anglais), تجميل وتزيين (Arabe), embellir (Catalan), forskønne (Danois), embellecer (Espagnol), hermosear (Espagnol), adornar (Espagnol), plibeligi (Espéranto), beliĝi (Espéranto), ihannoida (Finnois), kaunistaa (Finnois), koristella (Finnois), koristaa (Finnois), embelecer (Galicien), plubeligar (Ido), memperindah (Indonésien), mempercantik (Indonésien), abbellire (Italien), pulchresco (Latin), abbellixxa (Maltais), abbellir (Maltais), flatteren (Néerlandais), opwerken (Néerlandais), verfraaien (Néerlandais), vermooien (Néerlandais), mooier worden (Néerlandais), abelar (Occitan), abelì (Piémontais), ambelì (Piémontais), anzolivé (Piémontais), archinché (Piémontais), soagné (Piémontais), upiększyć (Polonais), tornar mais belo (Portugais), înfrumuseța (Roumain), лакировать [figuratively] (Russe), украшать (ukrašát') (Russe), hervet (Same du Nord), ovddošit (Same du Nord), čiŋahit (Same du Nord), čábbudit (Same du Nord), čábbudahttit (Same du Nord), försköna (Suédois), krášlit (Tchèque), zkrášlit (Tchèque), güzelleştirmek (Turc), кращати (Ukrainien), abeli (Wallon), gåyoter (Wallon)

Inflected forms

{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "rembelli"
    }
  ],
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "enlaidir"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dérivations en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en français préfixés avec en-",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en français suffixés avec -ir",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en afrikaans",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en allemand",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en arabe",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en catalan",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en danois",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en espagnol",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en espéranto",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en finnois",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en galicien",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en ido",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en indonésien",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en italien",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en latin",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en maltais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en néerlandais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en occitan",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en piémontais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en polonais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en portugais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en roumain",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en russe",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en same du Nord",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en suédois",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en tchèque",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en turc",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en ukrainien",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en wallon",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes du deuxième groupe en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes pronominaux en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Français",
      "orig": "français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "désembellir"
    },
    {
      "word": "embellie"
    },
    {
      "word": "embellissement"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne faire que croître et embellir"
    },
    {
      "word": "réembellir"
    },
    {
      "word": "rembellir"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(XIIᵉ siècle)Dérivé de bel, avec le préfixe en- et le suffixe -ir."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "embellir",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɑ̃.be.liʁ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir embelli",
      "ipas": [
        "\\a.vwaʁ‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en embellissant",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɑ̃.n‿ɑ̃.be.li.sɑ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en ayant embelli",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɑ̃.n‿ɛ.jɑ̃.t‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embellissant",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɑ̃.be.li.sɑ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embelli",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "j’embellis",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tu embellis",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ty ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il/elle/on embellit",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous embellissons",
      "ipas": [
        "\\nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous embellissez",
      "ipas": [
        "\\vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.se\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ils/elles embellissent",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "j’embellissais",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.li.sɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tu embellissais",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ty ɑ̃.be.li.sɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il/elle/on embellissait",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.li.sɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous embellissions",
      "ipas": [
        "\\nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sjɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous embellissiez",
      "ipas": [
        "\\vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sje\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ils/elles embellissaient",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "j’embellis",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tu embellis",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ty ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il/elle/on embellit",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous embellîmes",
      "ipas": [
        "\\nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.lim\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous embellîtes",
      "ipas": [
        "\\vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.lit\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ils/elles embellirent",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.liʁ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "j’embellirai",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁe\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tu embelliras",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ty ɑ̃.be.li.ʁa\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il/elle/on embellira",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁa\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous embellirons",
      "ipas": [
        "\\nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous embellirez",
      "ipas": [
        "\\vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁe\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ils/elles embelliront",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que j’embellisse",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que tu embellisses",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə ty ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qu’il/elle/on embellisse",
      "ipas": [
        "\\k‿[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que nous embellissions",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sjɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que vous embellissiez",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sje\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qu’ils/elles embellissent",
      "ipas": [
        "\\k‿[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que j’embellisse",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que tu embellisses",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə ty ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qu’il/elle/on embellît",
      "ipas": [
        "\\k‿[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que nous embellissions",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sjɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que vous embellissiez",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sje\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qu’ils/elles embellissent",
      "ipas": [
        "\\k‿[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "j’embellirais",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tu embellirais",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ty ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il/elle/on embellirait",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous embellirions",
      "ipas": [
        "\\nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁjɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous embelliriez",
      "ipas": [
        "\\vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁje\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ils/elles embelliraient",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’embellir",
      "tags": [
        "pronominal"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "Gabriel Maury, Des ruses employées dans le commerce des solipèdes, Jules Pailhès, 1877",
          "text": "Le maquignon de bas étage […] travaille les oreilles, souffle les salières, burine les dents, place une queue postiche, taille les sabots, mastique les seimes, donne un coup de pinceau, refait une jeunesse, farde, corrige, embellit ; […]."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Kristan Higgins, Un grand amour peut en cacher un autre, traduit par Karine Xaragai, éditions Harper Collins & Mosaïc, 2014",
          "text": "Et puis, je continuais à embellir ma maison : je remplissais des jardinières et j'exposais des potées de couleurs vives. Les lilas plantés par Sam étaient en fleur à présent et, l'un dans l'autre, la vie était belle."
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        "Rendre plus beau."
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Maurice Leblanc, La Comtesse de Cagliostro, 1924",
          "text": "Les lèvres douces pénétraient Raoul d’une langueur infinie. Toute la volupté et tout le désir embellissaient cette compassion dangereuse qui amollit la volonté des hommes."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jean Dutourd, Portraits de femmes, éditions Flammarion, 1991, 2010",
          "text": "Il y a là une forme subtile de ce à quoi les militantes féministes ont donné le nom de « phallocratie », comme si le mâle avait acquis la créature qu'il exhibe dans une vente aux enchères et désirait qu'on le congratulât pour cette bonne affaire grâce à laquelle son existence va être tout embellie."
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        {
          "ref": "Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, L’Archipel de Chausey, souvenirs d’un Naturaliste, Revue des Deux Mondes, tome 30, 1842",
          "text": "Au milieu de ces études si attachantes, le champ du travail s'ouvrait, s’embellissait tous les jours devant moi."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Frédéric Weisgerber, Au seuil du Maroc Moderne, Institut des Hautes Études Marocaines, Rabat : Les éditions de la porte, 1947, page 157",
          "text": "(Par antiphrase) — En Chaouïa, dès 1904, Settat, puis Dar Ber-Rechid avaient été mis à sac par les tribus, et, depuis lors, l'insécurité n'avait fait que croître et embellir."
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        "ou Devenir plus beau."
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        {
          "ref": "Anna Hope, La salle de bal, Gallimard, 2017",
          "text": "Peut-être avait-il quelque peu embelli sa relation avec le ministre de l’Intérieur en faisant allusion à une amitié et à une intimité qui, pour l’instant, n’existaient pas, mais on n’a rien sans rien, comme l’avait dit un jour un homme sage."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Enjoliver une situation."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "orner"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Arabe",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "word": "تجميل وتزيين"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "vlei"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "verschönern"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "schöner machen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "embellish"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "flatter"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "embellir"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danois",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "word": "forskønne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "embellecer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "hermosear"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "adornar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "plibeligi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "beliĝi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "ihannoida"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "kaunistaa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "koristella"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "koristaa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galicien",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "embelecer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "word": "plubeligar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indonésien",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "word": "memperindah"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indonésien",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "word": "mempercantik"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "abbellire"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "pulchresco"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Maltais",
      "lang_code": "mt",
      "word": "abbellixxa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Maltais",
      "lang_code": "mt",
      "word": "abbellir"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "flatteren"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "opwerken"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "verfraaien"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "vermooien"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "mooier worden"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "abelar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piémontais",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "abelì"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piémontais",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "ambelì"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piémontais",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "anzolivé"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piémontais",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "archinché"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piémontais",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "soagné"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "upiększyć"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "tornar mais belo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "înfrumuseța"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "лакировать"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "ukrašát'",
      "word": "украшать"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "hervet"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "ovddošit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "čiŋahit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "čábbudit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "čábbudahttit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "försköna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "krášlit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "zkrášlit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turc",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "word": "güzelleştirmek"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainien",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "word": "кращати"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Wallon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "word": "abeli"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Wallon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "word": "gåyoter"
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}
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "rembelli"
    }
  ],
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "enlaidir"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Dérivations en français",
    "Lemmes en français",
    "Mots en français préfixés avec en-",
    "Mots en français suffixés avec -ir",
    "Traductions en afrikaans",
    "Traductions en allemand",
    "Traductions en anglais",
    "Traductions en arabe",
    "Traductions en catalan",
    "Traductions en danois",
    "Traductions en espagnol",
    "Traductions en espéranto",
    "Traductions en finnois",
    "Traductions en galicien",
    "Traductions en ido",
    "Traductions en indonésien",
    "Traductions en italien",
    "Traductions en latin",
    "Traductions en maltais",
    "Traductions en néerlandais",
    "Traductions en occitan",
    "Traductions en piémontais",
    "Traductions en polonais",
    "Traductions en portugais",
    "Traductions en roumain",
    "Traductions en russe",
    "Traductions en same du Nord",
    "Traductions en suédois",
    "Traductions en tchèque",
    "Traductions en turc",
    "Traductions en ukrainien",
    "Traductions en wallon",
    "Verbes du deuxième groupe en français",
    "Verbes en français",
    "Verbes pronominaux en français",
    "français"
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    {
      "word": "désembellir"
    },
    {
      "word": "embellie"
    },
    {
      "word": "embellissement"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne faire que croître et embellir"
    },
    {
      "word": "réembellir"
    },
    {
      "word": "rembellir"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(XIIᵉ siècle)Dérivé de bel, avec le préfixe en- et le suffixe -ir."
  ],
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      "form": "embellir",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɑ̃.be.liʁ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir embelli",
      "ipas": [
        "\\a.vwaʁ‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en embellissant",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɑ̃.n‿ɑ̃.be.li.sɑ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en ayant embelli",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɑ̃.n‿ɛ.jɑ̃.t‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embellissant",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɑ̃.be.li.sɑ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embelli",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "j’embellis",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tu embellis",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ty ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "il/elle/on embellit",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous embellissons",
      "ipas": [
        "\\nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous embellissez",
      "ipas": [
        "\\vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.se\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ils/elles embellissent",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "j’embellissais",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.li.sɛ\\"
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      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "imperfect"
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    {
      "form": "tu embellissais",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ty ɑ̃.be.li.sɛ\\"
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      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "imperfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "il/elle/on embellissait",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.li.sɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
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        "indicative",
        "imperfect"
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    },
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      "form": "nous embellissions",
      "ipas": [
        "\\nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sjɔ̃\\"
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      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "imperfect"
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    {
      "form": "vous embellissiez",
      "ipas": [
        "\\vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sje\\"
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      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
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        "indicative",
        "imperfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ils/elles embellissaient",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "j’embellis",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tu embellis",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ty ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il/elle/on embellit",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous embellîmes",
      "ipas": [
        "\\nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.lim\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous embellîtes",
      "ipas": [
        "\\vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.lit\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ils/elles embellirent",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.liʁ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "j’embellirai",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁe\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tu embelliras",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ty ɑ̃.be.li.ʁa\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il/elle/on embellira",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁa\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous embellirons",
      "ipas": [
        "\\nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous embellirez",
      "ipas": [
        "\\vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁe\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ils/elles embelliront",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que j’embellisse",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que tu embellisses",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə ty ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qu’il/elle/on embellisse",
      "ipas": [
        "\\k‿[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que nous embellissions",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sjɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que vous embellissiez",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sje\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qu’ils/elles embellissent",
      "ipas": [
        "\\k‿[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que j’embellisse",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que tu embellisses",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə ty ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qu’il/elle/on embellît",
      "ipas": [
        "\\k‿[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.li\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que nous embellissions",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sjɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "que vous embellissiez",
      "ipas": [
        "\\kə vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.sje\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "qu’ils/elles embellissent",
      "ipas": [
        "\\k‿[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.lis\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "j’embellirais",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ʒ‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tu embellirais",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ty ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "il/elle/on embellirait",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[i.l/ɛ.l/ɔ̃.n]‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous embellirions",
      "ipas": [
        "\\nu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁjɔ̃\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous embelliriez",
      "ipas": [
        "\\vu.z‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁje\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ils/elles embelliraient",
      "ipas": [
        "\\[il/ɛl].z‿ɑ̃.be.li.ʁɛ\\"
      ],
      "source": "Conjugaison:français/embellir",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s’embellir",
      "tags": [
        "pronominal"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "raw_tags": [
    "2ᵉ groupe"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français",
        "Verbes transitifs en français"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Gabriel Maury, Des ruses employées dans le commerce des solipèdes, Jules Pailhès, 1877",
          "text": "Le maquignon de bas étage […] travaille les oreilles, souffle les salières, burine les dents, place une queue postiche, taille les sabots, mastique les seimes, donne un coup de pinceau, refait une jeunesse, farde, corrige, embellit ; […]."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Kristan Higgins, Un grand amour peut en cacher un autre, traduit par Karine Xaragai, éditions Harper Collins & Mosaïc, 2014",
          "text": "Et puis, je continuais à embellir ma maison : je remplissais des jardinières et j'exposais des potées de couleurs vives. Les lilas plantés par Sam étaient en fleur à présent et, l'un dans l'autre, la vie était belle."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rendre plus beau."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français",
        "Métaphores en français"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Maurice Leblanc, La Comtesse de Cagliostro, 1924",
          "text": "Les lèvres douces pénétraient Raoul d’une langueur infinie. Toute la volupté et tout le désir embellissaient cette compassion dangereuse qui amollit la volonté des hommes."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jean Dutourd, Portraits de femmes, éditions Flammarion, 1991, 2010",
          "text": "Il y a là une forme subtile de ce à quoi les militantes féministes ont donné le nom de « phallocratie », comme si le mâle avait acquis la créature qu'il exhibe dans une vente aux enchères et désirait qu'on le congratulât pour cette bonne affaire grâce à laquelle son existence va être tout embellie."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rendre plus agréable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français",
        "Verbes intransitifs en français",
        "Verbes pronominaux en français",
        "Verbes réflexifs en français"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, L’Archipel de Chausey, souvenirs d’un Naturaliste, Revue des Deux Mondes, tome 30, 1842",
          "text": "Au milieu de ces études si attachantes, le champ du travail s'ouvrait, s’embellissait tous les jours devant moi."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Frédéric Weisgerber, Au seuil du Maroc Moderne, Institut des Hautes Études Marocaines, Rabat : Les éditions de la porte, 1947, page 157",
          "text": "(Par antiphrase) — En Chaouïa, dès 1904, Settat, puis Dar Ber-Rechid avaient été mis à sac par les tribus, et, depuis lors, l'insécurité n'avait fait que croître et embellir."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ou Devenir plus beau."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "pronominal",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Anna Hope, La salle de bal, Gallimard, 2017",
          "text": "Peut-être avait-il quelque peu embelli sa relation avec le ministre de l’Intérieur en faisant allusion à une amitié et à une intimité qui, pour l’instant, n’existaient pas, mais on n’a rien sans rien, comme l’avait dit un jour un homme sage."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Enjoliver une situation."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "\\ɑ̃.be.liʁ\\"
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    {
      "word": "orner"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Arabe",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "word": "تجميل وتزيين"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "vlei"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "verschönern"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "schöner machen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "embellish"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "flatter"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "embellir"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danois",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "word": "forskønne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "embellecer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "hermosear"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "adornar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "plibeligi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "beliĝi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "ihannoida"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "kaunistaa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "koristella"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "koristaa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galicien",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "embelecer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "word": "plubeligar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indonésien",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "word": "memperindah"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indonésien",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "word": "mempercantik"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "abbellire"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "pulchresco"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Maltais",
      "lang_code": "mt",
      "word": "abbellixxa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Maltais",
      "lang_code": "mt",
      "word": "abbellir"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "flatteren"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "opwerken"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "verfraaien"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "vermooien"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "mooier worden"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "abelar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piémontais",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "abelì"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piémontais",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "ambelì"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piémontais",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "anzolivé"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piémontais",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "archinché"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piémontais",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "soagné"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "upiększyć"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "tornar mais belo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "înfrumuseța"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "лакировать"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "ukrašát'",
      "word": "украшать"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "hervet"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "ovddošit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "čiŋahit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "čábbudit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "čábbudahttit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "försköna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "krášlit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "zkrášlit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turc",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "word": "güzelleştirmek"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainien",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "word": "кращати"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Wallon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "word": "abeli"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Wallon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "word": "gåyoter"
    }
  ],
  "word": "embellir"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Français dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-05 from the frwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-20 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.