délicat
See also: delicat
French
Etymology
From Middle French delicat, borrowed from Latin dēlicātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.li.ka/
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Adjective
délicat (feminine délicate, masculine plural délicats, feminine plural délicates)
- delicate
- Synonyms: fin, raffiné, fragile, difficile, sensible
Related terms
- délicatement
- délicatesse
- délice
- délicieux
Descendants
- → Alemannic German: delekat
- → Danish: delikat
- → German: delikat
- → Polish: delikatny
- → Russian: деликатный (delikatnyj)
- → Norwegian: delikat
- → Romanian: delicat
- → Swedish: delikat
Further reading
- “délicat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.