adorer
English
Noun
adorer (plural adorers)
- Someone who adores.
- Someone who worships.
- 1582, Gregory Martin (translator), The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, John 4.23, p. 226,
- But the houre commeth, and now it is, when the true adorers shal adore the Father in spirit and veritie.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, London, Book 8, lines 140-143,
- […] I in one Night freed
- From servitude inglorious welnigh half
- Th’ Angelic Name, and thinner left the throng
- Of his adorers […]
- 1798, Thomas Paine, Atheism Refuted, London: J. Johnson, p. 17,
- All men in the outset of the religion they profess are adorers of a God, and friends of man.
- 1582, Gregory Martin (translator), The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, John 4.23, p. 226,
- Someone who has a deep admiration, fondness or love (of someone or something).
- c. 1609,, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act I, Scene 4,
- […] I profess myself her adorer, not her friend.
- 1732, George Berkeley, Alciphron, Dublin: G. Risk et al., Volume 2, Dialogue 6, Chapter 32, p. 83,
- I who profess my self an Admirer, an Adorer of Reason, am obliged to own, that in some Cases the Sharpness of Ridicule can do more than the Strength of Argument.
- 1871, W. S. Gilbert, “Old Paul and Old Tim” in More “Bab” Ballads, London: Routledge, 1892, p. 164,
- When rival adorers come courting a maid,
- There’s something or other may often be said,
- Why he should be pitched upon rather than him.
- This wasn’t the case with Old PAUL and Old TIM.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, London: Picador, Chapter 13, p. 403,
- The funny thing was that all the envelopes were addressed in the same hand, in green or sometimes purple capitals. It was like one crazed adorer laying siege to Leo.
- c. 1609,, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act I, Scene 4,
- Someone who worships.
Synonyms
- (someone who worships): devotee, worshipper
- (someone with a deep admiration): admirer
Translations
someone who adores
|
French
Etymology
From Old French adorer, borrowed from Latin adōrō, adōrāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dɔ.ʁe/
audio (file)
Conjugation
Conjugation of adorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | adorant /a.dɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
past participle | adoré /a.dɔ.ʁe/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | adorer | ||||||
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | adorant /a.dɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
adores /a.dɔʁ/ |
adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
adorons /a.dɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
adorez /a.dɔ.ʁe/ |
adorent /a.dɔʁ/ |
imperfect | adorais /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/ |
adorais /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/ |
adorait /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/ |
adorions /a.dɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adoriez /a.dɔ.ʁje/ |
adoraient /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | adorai /a.dɔ.ʁe/ |
adoras /a.dɔ.ʁa/ |
adora /a.dɔ.ʁa/ |
adorâmes /a.dɔ.ʁam/ |
adorâtes /a.dɔ.ʁat/ |
adorèrent /a.dɔ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | adorerai /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
adoreras /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
adorera /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
adorerons /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
adorerez /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
adoreront /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | adorerais /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
adorerais /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
adorerait /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
adorerions /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adoreriez /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
adoreraient /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
adores /a.dɔʁ/ |
adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
adorions /a.dɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adoriez /a.dɔ.ʁje/ |
adorent /a.dɔʁ/ |
imperfect2 | adorasse /a.dɔ.ʁas/ |
adorasses /a.dɔ.ʁas/ |
adorât /a.dɔ.ʁa/ |
adorassions /a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
adorassiez /a.dɔ.ʁa.sje/ |
adorassent /a.dɔ.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
— | adorons /a.dɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
adorez /a.dɔ.ʁe/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: adore
Further reading
- “adorer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Old French
Alternative forms
- adurer
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adōrō, adōrāre. Doublet with aorer. The -d- was re-introduced from influence from Ecclesiastical Latin.
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of adorer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | adorer | avoir adoré | |||||
gerund | en adorant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | adorant | ||||||
past participle | adoré | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | ador | adores | adore | adorons | adorez | adorent |
imperfect | adoroie, adoreie, adoroe, adoreve | adoroies, adoreies, adoroes, adoreves | adoroit, adoreit, adorot, adoreve | adoriiens, adoriens | adoriiez, adoriez | adoroient, adoreient, adoroent, adorevent | |
preterite | adorai | adoras | adora | adorames | adorastes | adorerent | |
future | adorerai | adoreras | adorera | adorerons | adoreroiz, adorereiz, adorerez | adoreront | |
conditional | adoreroie, adorereie | adoreroies, adorereies | adoreroit, adorereit | adoreriiens, adoreriens | adoreriiez, adoreriez | adoreroient, adorereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | ador | adors | adort | adorons | adorez | adorent |
imperfect | adorasse | adorasses | adorast | adorissons, adorissiens | adorissoiz, adorissez, adorissiez | adorassent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | adore | — | adorons | adorez | — |
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.