adorable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈdɔːɹəbəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French adorable and its etymon Latin adōrābilis, from adōrāre + -bilis, from ad + ōrō. By surface analysis, adore + -able.
Meanings
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Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.
a romantic love song with adorable-sounding drum beats
Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more adorable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most adorable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
adorably · adorability · adorasexy · adorkable · adorbs · adorables · nonadorable · adorableness · unadorable · Adoribull
Translations (53)
ru ми́лый (befitting of being adored) · es adorable (befitting of being adored) · bg обожа́ем (befitting of being adored) · de goldig (befitting of being adored) · mk са́кан (befitting of being adored) · hu imádni való (befitting of being adored) · kk сүйкімді (befitting of being adored) · sv bedårande (befitting of being adored) · eo adorinda (befitting of being adored) · de nett (befitting of being adored) · ro adorabil (befitting of being adored) · mk пре́красен (befitting of being adored) · lad adoravle (befitting of being adored) · de süß (befitting of being adored) · ca adorable (befitting of being adored) · el αξιαγάπητος (befitting of being adored) · el αξιολάτρευτος (befitting of being adored) · ar فَاتِن (befitting of being adored) · nl beeldig (befitting of being adored) · eo ĉarmega (befitting of being adored) · ja 可愛い (befitting of being adored) · de bezaubernd (befitting of being adored) · mk при́влечен (befitting of being adored) · mk ми́лен (befitting of being adored) · ro vrednic de adorare (befitting of being adored) · es encantador (befitting of being adored) · la adorabilis (befitting of being adored) · el αξιέραστος (befitting of being adored) · de niedlich (befitting of being adored) · ru обожа́емый (befitting of being adored) · pdc aabeedingswaerdich (befitting of being adored) · mk сла́док (befitting of being adored) · nrf adouothabl'ye (befitting of being adored) · pt adorável (befitting of being adored) · nl snoezig (befitting of being adored) · fr mignon (befitting of being adored) · pdc lieblich (befitting of being adored) · mk мил (befitting of being adored) · it adorabile (befitting of being adored) · mk симпа́тичен (befitting of being adored) · mk во́схитен (befitting of being adored) · ru хоро́шенький (befitting of being adored) · sv förtjusande (befitting of being adored) · fi herttainen (befitting of being adored) · fi suloinen (befitting of being adored) · yi מלא־חן (befitting of being adored) · fi hellyttävä (befitting of being adored) · fi hurmaava (befitting of being adored) · nl schattig (befitting of being adored) · de lieb (befitting of being adored) · cmn 可愛 /可爱 (befitting of being adored) · fr adorable (befitting of being adored) · ar جَذَّاب (befitting of being adored)