adore

See also: adoré

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English *adoren, aouren, from Old French adorer, aorer, from Latin adōrō, from ad (“to”) + ōrō (“I speak”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ədôʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈdɔː/
• (General American) enPR: ədôrʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈdɔɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ədōrʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈdo(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /əˈdoə̯/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: adore

VerbEdit

adore (third-person singular simple present adores, present participle adoring, simple past and past participle adored)

1. To worship.
   • Tobias Smollett (1721–1771)

     Bishops and priests, […] bearing the host, which he [James] publicly adored.

2. To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.

   It is obvious to everyone that Gerry adores Heather.

   • Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859)

     The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth.

3. To be very fond of.
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:

     "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]"

4. (obsolete) To adorn.
   • Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599)

     Like to the hore / Congealed drops, which do the morn adore.

AntonymsEdit

• disdain

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• adorant
• adorative

• adorer
• adoringly

Related termsEdit

• adorable
• adoration

TranslationsEdit

worship

• Bulgarian: боготворя (bg) (bogotvorjá)
• Dutch: aanbidden (nl), adoreren (nl)
• Finnish: palvoa (fi)
• French: adorer (fr)
• German: anbeten (de), verehren (de)
• Haitian Creole: adore
• Hungarian: imád (hu)
• Icelandic: dýrka
• Ido: adorar (io)
• Italian: adorare (it)

• Japanese: 崇拝する (ja) (sūhai suru)
• Latin: adōrō (la)
• Norman: adouother
• Polish: uwielbiać (pl), wielbić (pl)
• Portuguese: adorar (pt)
• Quechua: much'ay
• Russian: боготвори́ть (ru) impf (bogotvorítʹ), поклоня́ться (ru) impf (poklonjátʹsja) (+ dative case), преклоня́ться (ru) impf (preklonjátʹsja) (перед + instrumental case)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan adhradh
• Spanish: adorar (es)
• Turkish: tapmak (tr), tapınmak (tr)

love with entire heart and soul

• Arabic: عَشِقَ‎‎ (ar) (ʿašiqa)
• Bulgarian: обожавам (bg) (obožávam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱愛 (zh), 热爱 (zh) (rè'ài)

• Czech: zbožňovat
• Dutch: aanbidden (nl), adoreren (nl)
• Esperanto: adori, amegi
• Finnish: ihailla (fi)
• French: adorer (fr)
• German: anbeten (de), verehren (de)
• Haitian Creole: adore

• Hungarian: imád (hu)
• Italian: adorare (it)
• Japanese: 熱愛する (ja) (netsuai suru), 敬愛する (ja) (keiai suru)
• Norman: adouother
• Polish: uwielbiać (pl), ubóstwiać (pl)
• Portuguese: amar (pt)
• Russian: обожа́ть (ru) impf (obožátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: gràdhaich
• Spanish: querer (es)
• Turkish: tapmak (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Basque: ^{(please verify)} adoratu, ^{(please verify)} gurtu
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} להעריץ‎‎ [leaarits]
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} לסגוד‎‎ [lisgod]
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} tilbe (no)

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} beundra (sv), ^{(please verify)} tillbe (sv)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} เทอดทูน, ^{(please verify)} บูชา (th) (buu-chaa)
• Turkish: tapmak [-ar]

AnagramsEdit

• E-road, O'Dare, oared, oread

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BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /aˈdo.ɾe/

NounEdit

adore

1. energy
2. courage

DeclensionEdit

"adore" (inanimate noun) declension indefinite singular plural absolutive adore adorea adoreak ergative adorek adoreak adoreek dative adoreri adoreari adoreei genitive adoreren adorearen adoreen comitative adorerekin adorearekin adoreekin causative adorerentzat adorearentzat adoreentzat benefactive adorerengatik adorearengatik adoreengatik instrumental adorez adoreaz adoreez inessive adoretan adorean adoreetan locative adoretako adoreko adoreetako allative adoretara adorera adoreetara terminative adoretaraino adoreraino adoreetaraino directive adoretarantz adorerantz adoreetarantz destinative adoretarako adorerako adoreetarako ablative adoretatik adoretik adoreetatik partitive adorerik - - prolative adoretzat - -

SynonymsEdit

• kemen

Derived termsEdit

• adoretsu
• adoregabe
• adore eman

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔʁ/

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VerbEdit

adore

1. first-person singular present indicative of adorer
2. third-person singular present indicative of adorer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of adorer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of adorer
5. second-person singular imperative of adorer

AnagramsEdit

• éroda

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GalicianEdit

VerbEdit

adore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of adorar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of adorar

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Haitian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French adorer (“worship, adore”).

VerbEdit

adore

1. adore
2. worship

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LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.do.re/, [ˈa.dɔ.rɛ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈdoː.re/, [aˈdoː.rɛ]

NounEdit

adō̆re n

1. ablative singular of ador

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PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

adore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of adorar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of adorar
3. first-person singular imperative of adorar
4. third-person singular imperative of adorar

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RomanianEdit

VerbEdit

adore

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of adora.
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of adora.

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SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

adore

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of adorar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of adorar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of adorar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of adorar.