Incarnate — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make concrete and real

represent in bodily form

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪŋkˈɑːɹneɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪŋkˈɑːneɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪŋkˈɑːneɪt/

3 syllables Say it as /ɪŋkˈɑːɹneɪt/.

Examples

He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

embody substantiate body forth corporate corporal bodied embodied

Antonyms

disincarnate

Parts of Speech

verb	make concrete and real
verb	represent in bodily form “He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system”
adjective	possessing or existing in bodily form; - Shakespeare “what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind”
adjective	invested with a bodily form especially of a human body “a monarch...regarded as a god incarnate”

Word Forms

incarnation	noun	a new personification of a familiar idea
embodiment	noun	giving concrete form to an abstract concept

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verkörpern

konkret und real machen

🇫🇷French

incarner

rendre concret et réel

🇪🇸Spanish

encarnar

hacer concreto y real

🇮🇹Italian

incarnato

rendere concreto e reale

🇳🇱Dutch

incarneren

concreet en reëel maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

encarnar

tornar concreto e real

🇷🇺Russian

воплотить

сделать конкретным и реальным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अवतार लेना

ठोस और वास्तविक बनाओ

🇧🇩Bengali

অবতার

কংক্রিট এবং বাস্তব করা

🇮🇳Tamil

அவதாரம்

கான்கிரீட் மற்றும் உண்மையான செய்ய

🇮🇳Telugu

అవతారం

కాంక్రీటు మరియు నిజమైన చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

अवतार

ठोस आणि वास्तविक बनवा

🇮🇳Gujarati

અવતાર

કોંક્રિટ અને વાસ્તવિક બનાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅವತರಿಸಿದ

ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್ ಮತ್ತು ನೈಜವಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അവതാരം

കോൺക്രീറ്റും യഥാർത്ഥവുമാക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਵਤਾਰ

ਠੋਸ ਅਤੇ ਅਸਲੀ ਬਣਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

اوتار

کنکریٹ اور حقیقی بنائیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

体现

使具体和真实

🇯🇵Japanese

化身

具体的かつ現実的なものにする

🇰🇷Korean

화신하다

구체적이고 현실적으로 만들어라

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhập thể

làm cụ thể và thực tế

🇹🇭Thai

จุติมา

ทำให้เป็นรูปธรรมและเป็นจริง

🇮🇩Indonesian

menjelmakan

membuat konkrit dan nyata

🇵🇭Filipino

nagkatawang-tao

gawing kongkreto at totoo

🇲🇾Malay

menjelma

jadikan konkrit dan nyata

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متجسد

جعل ملموسة وحقيقية

🇮🇷Persian

مجسم کردن

را ملموس و واقعی کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

enkarne olmak

somut ve gerçek hale getirin

🇮🇱Hebrew

להתגלם

להפוך קונקרטי ואמיתי

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