imprégner

Definition: to soak, permeate, fill, pervade

Ton mouchoir est imprégné de parfum - Your handkerchief is soaked with perfume.

L'odeur de pain imprégnait la cuisine - The scent of bread filled the kitchen.

Note that imprégner is a false cognate of "to impregnate" > féconder

Related: imprégnation - filling, permeation, imbuing

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Pronunciation: [a(n) pray nyay]Audio Link