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adorable

  • /əˈdɔːɹəbəl/ UK
  • /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French adorable and its etymon Latin adōrābilis, from adōrāre + -bilis, from ad + ōrō. By surface analysis, adore + -able.

adjective more adorable · most adorable

  1. Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable. a romantic love song with adorable-sounding drum beats

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lovable, endearing, lovely, loving, cutie, cute, love, darling, sweetheart, loveable, handsome, good-looking, pretty, beautiful, purty, enchanting

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adj befitting of being adored

Españoladorable, encantador
日本語可愛い kawaii
中文可愛 /可爱 kě'ài
Portuguêsadorável
Françaisadorable, mignon
Deutschsüß, lieb, nett, bezaubernd, goldig, niedlich
Italianoadorabile
Ελληνικάαξιαγάπητος axiagápitos, αξιολάτρευτος axiolátreftos, αξιέραστος axiérastos
Românăadorabil, vrednic de adorare
Русскийхоро́шенький xoróšenʹkij, ми́лый mílyj, обожа́емый obožájemyj
العربيةفَاتِن fātin, جَذَّاب jaḏḏāb

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@misc{adorable_2026,
  title = {adorable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adorable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}