• Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: enrichir - 1. enrich (in the sense of "to make something rich or richer, especially better or stronger in quality, value or flavour, etc.")



(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish berige (?) ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Dutch verrijken (?) ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
English enrich 1382;

scientific sense: 1945

'meaning 1;

and also: physics: to increase the amount of one or more radioactive isotopes in (a material, especially a nuclear fuel)'

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Estonian rikastama (?) ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Finnish rikastuttaa (?) ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German enrichieren ... 'meaning 1;

and also: decorate'

'...' ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian arricchire ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian berike (?) ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese enriquecer ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish enriquecer ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Swedish berika (?) ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...

Annotations edit

Etymology: , "to make wealthy," from O.Fr. enrichir, from en- "make, put in" + riche "rich", from Frank. *riki "powerful," from the Gmc. source.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages edit

Czech: obohatit

Hungarian: gazdagít

Latvian: bagātināt

Lithuanian: praturtinti

Polish: wzbogacać

Slovak: obohatiť

Slovenian: obogatiti