embarras
French, noun/ɑ̃.ba.ʁa/
embarras is spelled E-M-B-A-R-R-A-S (8 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embarras is a French masculine noun meaning “embarrassment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui embarrasse ou résultat de l’action d’embarrasser”.
What does embarras mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineembarrassment
- 2
masculineobstacle, hindrance
- 3
masculinelack of money
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui embarrasse ou résultat de l’action d’embarrasser. 2. Commencement d’obstruction, et surtout d’une accumulation de matières dans l’estomac ou dans les intestins. 3. Prétention, affectation, attitude de faiseur. 4. Confusion de plusieurs choses difficiles à débrouiller.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce embarras?
- /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa/
- /ɑ̃.ba.ʁɑ/
- \ɑ̃.ba.ʁa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embarras
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embarras in French?
embarras appears 3.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).