I don't know how to sew or embroider.
Source: tatoeba (1471158)
Embroider
//ɪmˈbɹɔɪdɚ//
Synonyms for "embroider" (138 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (69)
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Verb(1 words)
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13 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesentails
1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesmotivated by_goal
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 43 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- زركش verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Armenian
1 entries- ասեղնագործել verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Belarusian
2 entries- вы́гафтаваць verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- гафтаваць verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бродирам verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- разкрасявам verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
Catalan
1 entries- brodar verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 刺繡 /刺绣 verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Czech
1 entries- vyšívat verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Danish
1 entries- brodere verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Dutch
2 entries- aandikken verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
- borduren verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Esperanto
1 entries- brodi verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Finnish
4 entries- kirjailla verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- kirjoa verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- koruommella verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- värittää verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
French
2 entries- broder verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- broder verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
Friulian
1 entries- strapongi verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Galician
1 entries- bordar verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
German
2 entries- ausschmücken verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
- sticken verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Greek
2 entries- κεντάω verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- κεντάω verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
Hindi
1 entries- काढ़ना verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Hungarian
1 entries- hímez verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Icelandic
3 entries- baldýra verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- bródera verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- sauma út verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Ido
1 entries- brodar verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Ingrian
1 entries- mišuroittaa verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Irish
3 entries- bróidnigh verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- gréasaigh verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- spruigeáil verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Italian
4 entries- abbellire verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
- indorare verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
- ricamare verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- ricamare verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
Japanese
1 entries- 刺繍する verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Latin
1 entries- acū pingo verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Latvian
1 entries- izšūt verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Ligurian
1 entries- recamâ verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Lithuanian
2 entries- išsiuvinėti verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- siuvinėti verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Mongolian
4 entries- хатгамал хийх verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- хачирлах verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
- ᠬᠠᠳᠬᠤᠮᠠᠯ ᠬᠢᠬᠦ verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- ᠬᠠᠴᠢᠷᠯᠠᠬᠤ verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
Māori
1 entries- tāniko verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Norman
2 entries- broder verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- broudaïr verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Norwegian
1 entries- brodere verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Polish
4 entries- haftować verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- koloryzować verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
- podkolorować verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
- podkolorowywać verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
Portuguese
2 entries- bordar verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- florear verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
Russian
4 entries- вы́шить verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- вышива́ть verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
- приукра́сить verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
- приукра́шивать verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
Slovene
1 entries- vesti verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Spanish
1 entries- bordar verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Swahili
1 entries- tarizi verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Swedish
1 entries- brodera verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Turkish
1 entries- nakış işlemek verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thêm mắm thêm muối verb (to add imaginary detail to a narrative)
Volapük
1 entries- brodön verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Yiddish
1 entries- העפֿטן verb (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I don't embroider their handkerchiefs.
Source: tatoeba (3641433)
I embroider cityscapes.
Source: tatoeba (8983382)
Before starting to embroider, I wind the thread onto cardboard bobbins to make it easier to access.
Source: tatoeba (10327030)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.