adorable

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

IPA^(key): /əˈdɔːɹəbəl/

Adjective

adorable (comparative more adorable, superlative most adorable)

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

Derived terms

Translations

Translations

Arabic: فَاتِن‎ (fātin), جَذَّاب‎ (jaḏḏāb)
Bulgarian: обожаем (obožajem)
Catalan: adorable
Chinese:
Mandarin: 可愛 (zh), 可爱 (zh) (kě'ài)
Dutch: schattig (nl), snoezig (nl), beeldig (nl)
Esperanto: adorinda
Finnish: ihailtava (fi), hurmaava (fi)
French: adorable (fr), mignon (fr)

German: süß (de), lieb (de), nett (de), bezaubernd (de), goldig (de), niedlich (de)
Greek: αξιαγάπητος (el) (axiagápitos), αξιολάτρευτος (el) (axiolátreftos), αξιέραστος (el) (axiérastos)
Hungarian: imádnivaló (hu)
Italian: adorabile (it)
Japanese: 可愛い (ja) (かわいい, kawaii)
Portuguese: adorável (pt) m or f
Romanian: adorabil (ro), vrednic de adorare m
Russian: хоро́шенький (ru) (xoróšenʹkij), ми́лый (ru) (mílyj), обожа́емый (ru) (obožájemyj)
Spanish: adorable (es), encantador (es)

Anagrams

Arboleda, dolabrae, oar blade, oarblade, roadable

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin adorabilis.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ə.doˈɾa.blə/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ə.duˈɾa.blə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.doˈɾa.ble/
Rhymes: -aβle

Adjective

adorable (masculine and feminine plural adorables)

adorable

Derived terms

adorablement

Further reading

“adorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin adorabilis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.dɔ.ʁabl/
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Adjective

adorable (plural adorables)

adorable

Further reading

“adorable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin adorabilis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /adoˈɾable/, [aðoˈɾaβle]

Adjective

adorable (plural adorables)

adorable

Related terms

Further reading

“adorable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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