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broderie

embroidery

noun brod-REE Rare
Arts & Culture Traditions

Usage Note

Broderie refers to both the craft of decorating fabric with needle and thread and the finished embroidered work. Faire de la broderie means to do embroidery as a hobby. Broderie anglaise (eyelet embroidery) is a style well known in fashion. The verb broder also means, figuratively, to embroider the truth — to exaggerate or elaborate.

Examples

"Elle apprend la broderie au cours du soir."

Natural Translation

She is learning embroidery at the evening class.

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