adore

See also: adoré

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (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

Verb

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

1. To worship.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iv]:

     Now, gods that we adore, whereof comes this?

   • 1758, Tobias Smollett, A Complete History of England, London: James Rivington and James Fletcher, 3rd edition, Volume 6, Book 8, “William III,” p. 29,^[1]

     [James] was met at the castle-gate by a procession of […] bishops and priests in their pontificals, bearing the host, which he publicly adored.

   • 1852, Frederick Oakeley (translator), “O Come, All Ye Faithful” in Francis H. Murray, A Hymnal for Use in the English Church,^[2]

     Come and behold him

     Born the King of Angels:

     O come, let us adore Him,

     Christ the Lord.

   Antonym: disdain

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.

   • 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 5, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323, page 388:

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

   Antonym: disdain

3. To be very fond of.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, 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.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:

     […] and likewise on her hed
     A Chapelet of sundry flowers she wore,
     From vnder which the deawy humour shed,
     Did tricle downe her haire, like to the hore
     Congealed litle drops, which doe the morne adore.

   Antonym: disdain

Derived terms

• adorant
• adorative
• adorer
• adoringly

 

Related terms

• adorable
• adoration

Translations

worship

• Belarusian: багатвары́ць impf (bahatvarýcʹ), абагаўля́ць impf (abahaŭljácʹ), баго́міць impf (bahómicʹ)
• Bulgarian: боготворя́ (bg) impf (bogotvorjá)
• Catalan: adorar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 崇拜 (zh) (chóngbài)

• Dutch: aanbidden (nl), adoreren (nl)
• Finnish: palvoa (fi), jumaloida (fi)
• French: adorer (fr)
• Galician: adorar (gl)
• German: anbeten (de), verehren (de)
• Greek: λατρεύω (el) (latrévo)
• Haitian Creole: adore
• Hebrew: העריץ‎ (heeríts), סגד‎ (he) (sagád)
• Hungarian: imád (hu)
• Icelandic: dýrka
• Ido: adorar (io)
• Italian: adorare (it)
• Japanese: 崇拝する (ja) (すうはいする, sūhai suru)
• Korean: 숭배하다 (ko) (sungbaehada)
• Latin: adōrō (la)
• Macedonian: обожава impf (obožava)
• Norman: adouother (Jersey)
• Polish: uwielbiać (pl) impf, wielbić (pl) impf, adorować (pl) impf
• 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
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: обожа́вати impf

  Roman: obožávati (sh) impf

• Spanish: adorar (es)
• Turkish: tapmak (tr), tapınmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: божестви́ти (uk) impf (božestvýty), обо́жнювати impf (obóžnjuvaty), обо́жувати impf (obóžuvaty), боготвори́ти (uk) impf (bohotvorýty)

love with entire heart and soul

• Arabic: عَشِقَ‎ (ar) (ʿašiqa)

  Hijazi Arabic: عِشِق‎ (ʿišig)

• Belarusian: го́рача любі́ць impf (hórača ljubícʹ), го́рача каха́ць impf (hórača kaxácʹ)
• Bulgarian: обожа́вам (bg) impf (obožávam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱愛 (zh), 热爱 (zh) (rè'ài)

• Czech: zbožňovat impf
• Dutch: aanbidden (nl), adoreren (nl)
• Esperanto: adori, amegi
• Finnish: ihailla (fi)
• French: adorer (fr)
• German: anbeten (de), verehren (de)
• Haitian Creole: adore
• Hebrew: העריץ‎ (heeríts)
• Hungarian: imád (hu)
• Italian: adorare (it)
• Japanese: 熱愛する (ja) (ねつあいする, netsuai suru), 敬愛する (ja) (けいあいする, keiai suru)
• Korean: 열애하다 (yeoraehada), 경애하다 (gyeong'aehada)
• Macedonian: обожава impf (obožava)
• Norman: adouother (Jersey)
• Polish: uwielbiać (pl) impf, ubóstwiać (pl) impf, adorować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: amar (pt)
• Russian: обожа́ть (ru) impf (obožátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: gràdhaich
• Spanish: querer (es)
• Turkish: tapmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: обо́жнювати impf (obóžnjuvaty), па́лко коха́ти impf (pálko koxáty)

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Translations to be checked

• Basque: ^{(please verify)} adoratu, ^{(please verify)} gurtu
• 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 (tr)

Anagrams

• E-road, O'Dare, Roade, dorea, oared, oread

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adoɾe/, [a.ð̞o̞.ɾe̞]

Noun

adore

1. energy
2. courage

Declension

Declension of adore (inanimate, ending in vowel)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	adore	adorea	adoreak
ergative	adorek	adoreak	adoreek
dative	adoreri	adoreari	adoreei
genitive	adoreren	adorearen	adoreen
comitative	adorerekin	adorearekin	adoreekin
causative	adorerengatik	adorearengatik	adoreengatik
benefactive	adorerentzat	adorearentzat	adoreentzat
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	—	—

Synonyms

• kemen

Derived terms

• adore eman
• adoregabe
• adoretsu

 

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔʁ/

• Audio (Paris)

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Verb

adore

1. inflection of adorer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• éroda

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Galician

Verb

adore

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

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French adorer (“worship, adore”).

Verb

adore

1. adore
2. worship

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.do.re/, [ˈäd̪ɔrɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.do.re/, [ˈäːd̪ore]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈdoː.re/, [äˈd̪oːrɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈdo.re/, [äˈd̪ɔːre]

Noun

adore or adōre n

1. ablative singular of ador

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Portuguese

Verb

adore

1. inflection of adorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Romanian

Verb

adore

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdoɾe/ [aˈð̞o.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -oɾe
• Hyphenation: a‧do‧re

Verb

adore

1. inflection of adorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative