adorable
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French adorable, from adorer + -able, with adorer from Old French aorer, from Latin adōrāre, the present active infinitive of adōrō, which is from ad + ōrō.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈdɔːɹəbəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
adorable (comparative more adorable, superlative most adorable)
- Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.
- 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:
- Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
Derived terms
Translations
befitting of being adored
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adorābilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.ðuˈɾab.blə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.ðoˈɾab.blə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [a.ðoˈɾa.ble]
- Rhymes: -ablə, -able
Adjective
adorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adorables)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “adorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin adorābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
adorable (plural adorables)
Further reading
- “adorable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adōrābilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adoˈɾable/ [a.ð̞oˈɾa.β̞le]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: a‧do‧ra‧ble
Adjective
adorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adorables)
Related terms
Further reading
- “adorable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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