Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 etwas gierig verschlingen
, 🇪🇸 devorar algo con avidez
, 🇮🇹 inghiottire avidamente qualcosa
, 🇵🇹 engolir algo com avidez
, 🇨🇳 贪婪地吞下某物
, 🇯🇵 あつく食べ込む
, 🇰🇷 아주 탐욕스럽게 먹어치우다
, 🇸🇦 يأكل شيئاً جشعاً
, 🇮🇳 खाने को गहन रूप से निगलना
Usage Examples
- Le feu a englouti le bois en quelques minutes.
- La foule a englouti l'orchestre, tout le monde était captivé.
- Les rivières ont englouti les routes lors des inondations.
Etymology
*engloutir* comes from the 12th‑century Old French *engloutir*, borrowed from Late Latin **englutire** “to swallow up”. The Latin verb is a combination of the preposition **in‑** with the root **glut‑** from **glūtis**, the noun “swallow”. The word entered modern French with the same sense of engulfing or consuming.
Synonyms
avaler
absorber
dévorer
envahir
inonder
submerger
englober
Antonyms
se détacher
échapper
libérer
repousser
désenglobler