delicat

See also: délicat

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlicātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.liˈkat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.liˈkat]
• Rhymes: -at

Adjective

delicat (feminine delicada, masculine plural delicats, feminine plural delicades)

1. delicate

Derived terms

• delicadament

Latin

Verb

dēlicat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of dēlicō

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlicātus.

Adjective

delicat

1. delicate
   • 1360–1387, William Langland, Piers Plowman (C-text), passus IX, line 285:

     Þenk þat diues for hus delicat lyf to þe deuel wente.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• English: delicate
  • → Japanese: デリケート (derikēto)

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlicātus.

Adjective

delicat m (feminine singular delicate, masculine plural delicats, feminine plural delicates)

1. delicate

Derived terms

• delicatesse

Descendants

• French: délicat
  • → Alemannic German: delekat
  • → Danish: delikat
  • → German: delikat
    • → Polish: delikatny
    • → Russian: деликатный (delikatnyj)
  • → Norwegian: delikat
  • → Romanian: delicat
  • → Swedish: delikat
• → Middle Dutch: delicaet
  • Dutch: delicaat

Romanian

Alternative forms

• деликат (delicat) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French délicat, from Latin dēlicātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.liˈkat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: de‧li‧cat

Adjective

delicat m or n (feminine singular delicată, masculine plural delicați, feminine and neuter plural delicate)

1. delicate

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	delicat		delicată		delicați	delicate
	definite	delicatul		delicata		delicații	delicatele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	delicat		delicate		delicați	delicate
	definite	delicatului		delicatei		delicaților	delicatilor