Grammatical class

Noun

embrasure

(architecture) embrasure

Details

Syllables

em-bra-su-re

Phonetics

ɑ̃.bʁa.zyʁ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

7762

Freq. (movies)

57834

Freq. (news)

64646

Sentences

Sa mère se tenait dans l'embrasure de la porte.

His mother was standing in the doorway.

B1

Une femme étrange se tenait dans l'embrasure de la porte.

A strange woman was standing in the doorway.

B1

Au moment où elle vit un grand homme armé se tenir dans l'embrasure de la porte, elle recula instinctivement.

At the moment she saw a tall man with a gun standing in the doorway, she instinctively backed away.

B2