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Definition: Adorable |
AdorableAdjective1. Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "adorable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references) |
Etymology: Adorable \A*dor"a*ble\, adjective. [Latin expression adorabilis, from adorare: compare to the French expression adorable.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AdorableSynonyms: endearing (adj), lovely (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Love | Lovable, adorable; lovely, sweet; attractive, seductive, winning; charming, engaging, interesting, enchanting, captivating, fascinating, bewitching; amiable, like an angel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Adorable |
| English words defined with "adorable": adorably ♦ endearingly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "adorable": Alla. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Adorable" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (adorable, friendly, lamblike, lovable, peach, pet, treasure, winning), Spanish (adorable, lovely). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Look, I'll make it easy for you. The time has come when you must tell me you have a wife and two adorable childrenand this madness between us can't go on any longer. (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht) Do it for this adorable little puppy. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) You're adorablethen. You're adorable then. (The Kid; writing credit: Audrey Wells) What adorable children. (Carpool; writing credit: Don Rhymer) Two adorable boys. (Saturday Night Live; writing credit: Doug Abeles; Leo Allen) | |
Lyrics | Lost inside adorable illusion and I cannot hide ("Heart of Glass"; performing artist: Blondie) | |
Movie/TV Titles | El Adorable profesor Aldao (1971) Adorable profesor Aldao (1968) Mi adorable esclava (1962) Adorable menteuse (1962) Mi adorable secretaria (1942) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | "-- But Snookums, you look adorable!".Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Jackie Gleason | Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable. |
Jean Kerr | I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want --an adorable pancreas? |
Victor Hugo | When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He looked at the stone seat where he had passed so many adorable hours with Cosette. |
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| "Adorable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 77.46% of the time. "Adorable" is used about 71 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 77.46% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Noun (proper) | 22.54% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Total | 100.00% | 71 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "adorable". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Adorinda | Female | Esperanto | Adorable |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
adorable | 183 |
adorable kitten | 38 |
adorable puppy | 33 |
adorable baby | 30 |
adorable quote | 24 |
adorable hair | 23 |
adorable celebrity | 22 |
adorable lady | 18 |
a you re adorable | 16 |
adorable original | 12 |
adorable bear teddy | 9 |
adorable celeb | 8 |
adorable magazine | 8 |
adorable hotmail.com | 7 |
adorable rediffmail.com | 7 |
adorable yahoo.com | 7 |
adorable teen | 7 |
adorable blonde | 6 |
adorable kid | 6 |
adorable kitten puppy | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "adorable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | aanbiddelik, aanbidbaar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tërheqës (absorbing, absorptive, alluring, appealing, attractable, attractive, catchy, charismatic, comely, cunning, cute, drawer, dreamy, engaging, engrossing, enticing, fetching, interesting, inviting, jolly, likable, likeable, nice, personable, pleasing, pretty, showy, sightly, winsome), i adhurueshëm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جدير بالعبادة, بديع (admirable, amazing, excellent, fine, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, original, splendid, superb, unique, unprecedented, wonderful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | възхитителен (admirable, delectable, delicious, delightful, lovely, unexceptionable, wonderful), очарователен (alluring, bewitching, captivating, charming, darling, delightful, entrancing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, glamourous, lovely, orphic, raving, ravishing, stunning, sweet, winning, winsome), прекрасен (admirable, beauteous, delectable, excellent, lovely, marvellous, marvelous, noble, splendid), прелестен (beauteous, beautiful, charming, delightsome, dreamy, exquisite, fetching, lovely, sweet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可爱 (likeable, lovely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zbožòováníhodný, rozkošný (darling, delightful, fetching, pleasurable), okouzlující (alluring, arresting, beguiling, bewitching, charming, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, glamourous, graceful, prepossessing, ravishing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aanbiddenswaardig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | adorinda. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | adorable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | anbetungswürdig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λατρευτόσ (worshipful), αξιολάτρευτοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ערץ (esteemed, revered, venerable), חמ" (charming, cute, dainty, delightful, desirable, lovely, mellow, nice, pleasant, pretty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | imádni való. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | manis (cute, dulcet, engageing, kind, sweet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | adorabile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 사랑스러운 (lovely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | feeu ooashley. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | bedårende. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | adorabel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adorableay adorável (kiss curl, lovable, lovely). (various references) adoráveis. (various references) adorat (adored, beloved, dear), adorabil (admirable, amiable, charming, choice, darling, delicious, delightful, exquisite, wonderful, worshipful). (various references) восхитительный (admirable, delectable, delicious, delightful, delightsome, duck of, entrancing, goluptious, killing, lovely, ravishing, scrumptious). (various references) dostojan obožavanja (worshipful), divan (admirable, davenport, delightful, delightsome, divan, divan bed, divine, dreamy, gorgeous, great, groovy, high-toned, jolly, lovely, magnificent, neat, nifty, scrumptious, sofa, splendid, stunning, superb, terrific). (various references) adorable (lovely). (various references) bedårande (charming, enchanting, infatuating). (various references) tapılası (holy), tapılacak (worshipful), çok güzel (divine, inspired, peachy, slashing, spiffing, spiffy, superbly, terrific, two thumbs up, very good). (various references) чудовий (a, admirable, ambrosial, bang up, beautiful, brave, bright, bully, capital, champion, charming, clinking, consummate, crack, Dandy, delectable, delicious, delightful, eminent, excellent, fine, flawless, glorious, goluptious, gorgeous, immense, magnific, magnifical, magnificent, noble, notable, noted, palmary, peachy, posh, prime, princely, proper, providential, ravishing, remarkable, resplendent, ripping, something like, sovereign, spiffing, superb, super-duper, topping, undeniable, way out, wizard, wonderful), чарівний (admirable, alluring, amiable, appealing, basilisk, captivating, charming, compelling, darling, delicious, delightful, elfish, elvish, enchanted, enchanting, engaging, entrancing, fairy, fascinating, glamorous, glamourous, goluptious, ingratiating, lovely, magic, magical, orphean, pretty), обожнюваний, прекрасний (admirable, ambrosial, beauteous, capital, delectable, delicious, fine, out of this world, something like, splendid, splendiferous). (various references) đáng tôn thờ, đáng sùng bái (worshipful), đáng quý mến, đáng kính yêu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adorabilis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "adorable": adorableness, adorablenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Adorable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adorals, dorable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "adorable" (pronounced udô"rubul) |
| 6 | -ô" r u b u l | deplorable, horrible. |
| 5 | -r u b u l | arable, bearable, curable, demonstrable, desirable, durable, execrable, impenetrable, incurable, nondurable, parable, repairable, terrible, unbearable, undesirable, uninsurable, wearable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | abominable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, dependable, deployable, depreciable, describable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-l-o-r" | |
-1 letter: labored. | |
-2 letters: aboard, aboral, abrade, abroad, albedo, arable, areola, balder, blared, bolder, bordel, boreal, doable, loader, ordeal, reload. | |
-3 letters: abler, abode, adobe, adore, alder, ardeb, areal, baaed, baled, baler, barde, bared, beard, blade, blare, blear, board, bolar, boral, bored, bread, broad, debar, dobla, dobra, labor, labra, lader, lobar, lobed, oared, older, orbed, oread, robed, roble. | |
-4 letters: abed, able, aero, alae, alar, alba, aloe, area, baal, bade, bald, bale, bard, bare, bead, bear, blae, bled, boar, bode, bola, bold, bole, bora, bore, brad, brae, bred, dale, darb, dare, deal, dear, doer, dole, dore, drab, earl, lade, lard, lead, lear, load, lobe, lode, lord, lore, odea, olea, orad, oral, orle, rale, read, real, redo, road, robe, rode, role. | |
-5 letters: aal, aba, abo, ado, ala, alb, ale, arb, are, baa, bad, bal, bar, bed, bel, boa, bod, bra, bro, dab, dal, deb, del, doe, dol, dor, ear, eld, era, lab, lad, lar, lea, led, lob, oar, obe, ode, old, ole, ora, orb, ore, rad, reb, red, rob, rod, roe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-e-l-o-r" | |
+1 letter: broadleaf. | |
+2 letters: adsorbable, affordable, bardolater, broadscale, elaborated, pardonable, radiolabel. | |
+3 letters: bardolaters, clapboarded, labradorite, leaderboard, paddleboard, radiolabels. | |
+4 letters: adorableness, bardolatries, carboxylated, collaborated, labradorites, leaderboards, overbalanced, paddleboards, plasterboard, radiolabeled, unaffordable, unpardonable. | |
+5 letters: adorabilities, biodegradable, decarboxylase, decarboxylate, nondegradable, particleboard, plasterboards, radiolabeling, radiolabelled, roadabilities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 6F 72 61 62 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. --- .-. .- -... .-.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01101111 01110010 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d o r a b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 006F 0072 0061 0062 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3570818467687871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Derived from 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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