embraser
French, verb/ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/
embraser is spelled E-M-B-R-A-S-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 51,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embraser is a French verb meaning “to set fire to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre en feu”.
What does embraser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to set fire to
- 2
to inflame, impassion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre en feu. 2. Rendre d’une chaleur ardente. 3. Illuminer à l’occasion d’une fête, d’une solennité. 4. Emplir d’une passion ardente.
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 embraser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- embrasant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- embrasé participle past
- embrase first-person indicative present
- embrases indicative present second-person
- embrasons first-person indicative plural
- embrasez indicative plural present
- embrasent indicative plural present
- embrasais first-person imperfect indicative
- embrasait imperfect indicative singular
- embrasions first-person imperfect indicative
- embrasiez imperfect indicative plural
- embrasaient imperfect indicative plural
- embrasai first-person historic indicative
- embrasas historic indicative past
- embrasa historic indicative past
- embrasâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embraser?
- /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/
- \ɑ̃.bʁa.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is embraser in French?
embraser appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).