affectionate
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English
[edit ]Etymology 1
[edit ]Learned borrowing from Latin affectiōnātus . By surface analysis, affection + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of aficionado .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]affectionate (comparative more affectionate, superlative most affectionate)
- (of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
- She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
- (of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
- the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language
- 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars , Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company [...], →OCLC:
- Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.
- (obsolete ) Eager ; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.
Synonyms
[edit ]- tender ; lovesome; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.
- See also Thesaurus:affectionate
Derived terms
[edit ]Related terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]loving — see also loving
- Bengali: স্নেহপ্রবণ (bn) (snehoprobon)
- Bulgarian: любящ (ljubjašt), нежен (bg) (nežen)
- Catalan: afectuós (ca)
- Chinese:
- Danish: kærlig
- Esperanto: ama (eo) , amema , amplena
- Finnish: hellä (fi) , rakastava (fi)
- French: affectueux (fr)
- Galician: afectuoso
- German: liebevoll (de)
- Hindi: वत्सल (hi) (vatsal)
- Hungarian: szerető (hu)
- Icelandic: ástúðlegur (is)
- Irish: ceanúil , cionmhar , grámhar , caithiseach , muirneach , geanúil
- Italian: affettuoso (it)
- Japanese: 人懐っこい (hitonatsukkoi)
- Latin: affectuosus
- Latvian: mīlīgs
- Macedonian: не́жен (néžen), чувстви́телен (čuvstvítelen)
- Māori: matatau , mateoha
- Norwegian:
- Polish: czuły (pl) , kochający
- Portuguese: afetuoso (pt)
- Romanian: afectuos (ro)
- Russian: лю́бящий (ru) (ljúbjaščij), не́жный (ru) (néžnyj)
- Spanish: afectuoso (es) , cariñoso (es) , querendón (es)
- Swedish: kärleksfull (sv)
- Turkish: sevecen (tr) , canayakın
indicating love
- Catalan: afectuós (ca)
- Chinese:
- Finnish: hellä (fi) , rakastava (fi)
- Hungarian: szeretetteljes (hu)
- Icelandic: ástúðlegur (is)
- Latvian: mīlīgs
- Macedonian: не́жен (néžen)
- Norwegian:
- Polish: czuły (pl) , kochający
- Portuguese: afetuoso (pt) , carinhoso (pt)
- Romanian: afectuos (ro)
- Russian: лю́бящий (ru) (ljúbjaščij), не́жный (ru) (néžnyj)
- Spanish: cariñoso (es) , afectuoso (es) , querendón (es)
- Swedish: kärleksfull (sv)
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
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- Scottish Gaelic: (please verify) blàth-chridheach , (please verify) bràithreil , (please verify) caidreach , (please verify) carantach , (please verify) gaolach , (please verify) gràdhach , (please verify) macail , (please verify) nàdarra , (please verify) seirceil , (please verify) teò-chridheach , (please verify) tlùthail , (please verify) truacanta
Etymology 2
[edit ]Either from the above adjective by metanalysis or from affection + -ate (verb-forming suffix) (modelled on Middle French affectionner (French affectionner )).
Pronunciation
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]affectionate (third-person singular simple present affectionates , present participle affectionating , simple past and past participle affectionated )
- (rare ) To show affection to; to have affection for.
- (obsolete , reflexive ) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes [...] , London: [...] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount [...], →OCLC:, Folio Society, 2006, p.21:
- Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that [...].
- 1721, John Rushworth, Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, etc.: 1618—1629, volume 1, page 222:
- And first, his Majesty would have you to understand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated to the right use of Parliaments, than his Majesty hath approved himself to be, [...].
- 1838 February 1, Charles Dickens, To Catherine Dickens, 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, page 41,
- Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband
- CHARLES DICKENS
Latin
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]affectiōnāte
Scots
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]affectionate (comparative mair affectionate, superlative maist affectionate)
References
[edit ]- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary , Scots Online.
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