délicat

See also: delicat

French

Etymology

Inherited 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
difficult, tricky
sensitive, thorny

Derived terms

délicatement

Related terms

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.

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