And he commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father.
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Embalm
//ɪmˈbɑm//
Synonyms for "embalm" (51 found)
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44 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ταριχεύω verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Arabic
2 entries- أَحْنَطَ verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- حَنَّطَ verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Belarusian
2 entries- бальзамава́ць verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- забальзамава́ць verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Bulgarian
3 entries- балсамирам verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- напарфюмирам verb (to perfume)
- парфюмирам verb (to perfume)
Czech
1 entries- balzamovat verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Dutch
1 entries- balsemen verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Egyptian
1 entries- s-d-w-x-Aa2:D40 verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Finnish
3 entries- hajustaa verb (to perfume)
- palsamoida verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- parfymoida verb (to perfume)
French
2 entries- embaumer verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- embaumer verb (to perfume)
Galician
3 entries- embalsamar verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- embalsamar verb (to perfume)
- perfumar verb (to perfume)
German
1 entries- einbalsamieren verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Greek
1 entries- ταριχεύω verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Ido
1 entries- embalmar verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Irish
1 entries- balsamaigh verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Italian
1 entries- imbalsamare verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Latin
2 entries- condiō verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- condiō verb (to perfume)
Macedonian
1 entries- балсамира verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Middle English
2 entries- bawmen verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- enbawmen verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Polish
2 entries- balsamować verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- zabalsamować verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Portuguese
2 entries- embalsamar verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- embalsamar verb (to perfume)
Russian
2 entries- бальзамировать verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- забальзами́ровать verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Slovak
1 entries- balzamovať verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Spanish
1 entries- embalsamar verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Swedish
1 entries- balsamera verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Turkish
2 entries- tahnit etmek verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- tahnitlemek verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Ukrainian
3 entries- бальзамува́ти verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- забальзамо́вувати verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
- забальзамува́ти verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Yiddish
1 entries- אײַנבאַלזאַמיִרן verb (to treat a corpse in order to prevent decomposition)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The ancient Egyptians used salts and resins to embalm the bodies of their pharaohs.
Source: tatoeba (13749389)
Music can embalm a special moment.
Source: tatoeba (13749393)
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.
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