delicious
English dictionary entry
Meanings
adj
- Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
- Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.
- Having tremendous sex appeal.
Pronunciation
/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/
/də-/
/di-/
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Word forms
delicious
more delicious
most delicious
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-der.?
Proto-Italic *lakjō
Latin laciō
Latin dēliciō
Latin dēliciae
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.
Latin -ōsus
Late Latin dēliciōsusbor.
Anglo-Norman deliciousbor.
Middle English delicious
English delicious
From Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious, from Old French delicious, delicieux, from Late Latin dēliciōsus (“delicate, delicious”), from dēliciae (“delights”), plural of dēlicia (“pleasure”), from delicere (“to allure, to entice”), from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Displaced native Old English ārlīċ (“delicious”).
Translations
Afrikaans: lekker
Afrikaans: smaaklik
Albanian: i shijshëm
Southern Altai: тату
Southern Altai: таамду
Arabic: لَذِيذ
Arabic: شَهِيّ
Arabic: لذيذ
Arabic: حلو
Arabic: طِعِم
Arabic: لزيز
Arabic: بنين
Arabic: لديد
Arabic: زاكي
Armenian: համով
Armenian: համեղ
Asturian: sabrosu
Asturian: ricu
Asturian: prestosu
Azerbaijani: ləzzətli
Azerbaijani: dadlı
Azerbaijani: xoşməzə
Bashkir: тәмле
Belarusian: сма́чны
Bengali: সুস্বাদু
Bengali: মজা
Bengali: লজিজ
Central Bikol: masiram
Bulgarian: вку́сен
Burmese: အရသာရှိ
Catalan: deliciós
Catalan: gustós
Catalan: saborós
Cherokee: ᎤᏖᏗ
Chickasaw: champoli
Chinese Cantonese: 好食
Chinese Cantonese: 好味
Chinese Cantonese: 好吃
Chinese Cantonese: 可口
Chinese Cantonese: 美味
Hakka Chinese: 好食
Chinese: 好食
Chinese: 美味
Chinese Mandarin: 好吃
Chinese Mandarin: 可口
Chinese Mandarin: 美味
Chinese Mandarin: 鮮美 /鲜美
Chinese Mandarin: 好喝
Maore Comorian: -endza lada
Cornish: dentethyel
Czech: lahodný
Czech: chutný
Danish: delikat
Danish: liflig
Danish: lækker
Danish: yndig
Danish: herlig
Danish: velsmagende
Danish: smagfuld
Dutch: heerlijk
Dutch: lekker
Dutch: smakelijk
Erzya: тантей
Esperanto: bongusta
Estonian: maitsev
Faroese: leskiligur
Finnish: herkullinen
Finnish: maukas
Finnish: hyvänmakuinen
French: délicieux
French: savoureux
French: gouteux
French: goutu
Friulian: gustôs
Galician: delicioso
Galician: saboroso
Galician: gustoso
Galician: sabedeiro
Galician: sabedor
Georgian: გემრიელი
German: deliziös
German: köstlich
German: lecker
German: geschmackvoll
German: schmackhaft
Greek: εύγευστος
Greek: νόστιμος
Mbya Guarani: e
Hawaiian: ʻono
Hebrew: טָעִים
Hiligaynon: namit
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