delicaat
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch delicaet, from Middle French délicat, from Latin dēlicātus (“alluring”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdeː.liˈkaːt/
- Hyphenation: de‧li‧caat
- Rhymes: -aːt
Adjective
delicaat (comparative delicater, superlative delicaatst)
Inflection
| Inflection of delicaat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | delicaat | |||
| inflected | delicate | |||
| comparative | delicater | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | delicaat | delicater | het delicaatst het delicaatste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | delicate | delicatere | delicaatste |
| n. sing. | delicaat | delicater | delicaatste | |
| plural | delicate | delicatere | delicaatste | |
| definite | delicate | delicatere | delicaatste | |
| partitive | delicaats | delicaters | — | |
Related terms
References
- Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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