embosser
French, verb/ɑ̃.bɔ.se/
embosser is spelled E-M-B-O-S-S-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embosser is a French verb meaning “to emboss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Amarrer un vaisseau de l’avant et de l’arrière, pour le fixer contre le vent ou le courant”.
What does embosser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to emboss
- 2
to moor a vessel with cables from both the prow and the stern
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Amarrer un vaisseau de l’avant et de l’arrière, pour le fixer contre le vent ou le courant. 2. Installer dans une position défensive ou d'observation. 3. Imprimer en relief sur un support rigide, par le verso, à l’aide d’un coin. 4. Farcir de charcuterie des boyaux, généralement avec un poussoir.
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.
Forms of embosser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- embossant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- embossé participle past
- embosse first-person indicative present
- embosses indicative present second-person
- embossons first-person indicative plural
- embossez indicative plural present
- embossent indicative plural present
- embossais first-person imperfect indicative
- embossait imperfect indicative singular
- embossions first-person imperfect indicative
- embossiez imperfect indicative plural
- embossaient imperfect indicative plural
- embossai first-person historic indicative
- embossas historic indicative past
- embossa historic indicative past
- embossâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embosser?
- /ɑ̃.bɔ.se/
- \ɑ̃.bɔ.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is embosser in French?
embosser appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).