delicateness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English delicate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English delicateness From delicate + -ness.
Meanings
- (uncountable) the characteristic of being delicate; fragility
Translations (9)
ca delicadesa (the characteristic of being delicate) · de Empfindsamkeit (the characteristic of being delicate) · la teneritūdō (the characteristic of being delicate) · de Empfindlichkeit (the characteristic of being delicate) · it gracilità (the characteristic of being delicate) · pt delicadeza (the characteristic of being delicate) · de Feinheit (the characteristic of being delicate) · de Zerbrechlichkeit (the characteristic of being delicate) · fr délicatesse (the characteristic of being delicate)