adore

See also: adoré

English

Etymology

From Middle English *adoren, aouren, from Old French adorer, aorer, from Latin adōrō, 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/

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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. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act I, Scene 4,^[1]

     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,^[2]

     [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,^[3]

     Come and behold him

     Born the King of Angels:

     O come, let us adore Him,

     Christ the Lord.

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 Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Volume I, Chapter 5, p. 388,^[4]

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

3. To be very fond of.
   • 1907, Robert William 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, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 4, Canto 11, p. ,^[5]

     […] 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.

Antonyms

• disdain

Derived terms

Derived terms

• adorant
• adorative

• adorer
• adoringly

Related terms

• adorable
• adoration

Translations

worship

• Bulgarian: боготворя́ (bg) (bogotvorjá)
• Dutch: aanbidden (nl), adoreren (nl)
• Finnish: palvoa (fi)
• French: adorer (fr)
• Galician: adorar (gl)
• German: anbeten (de), verehren (de)
• Haitian Creole: adore
• Hungarian: imád (hu)
• Icelandic: dýrka
• Ido: adorar (io)
• Interlingue: adorar
• 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: обожа́вам (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)
• Interlingue: adorar
• 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), ^{(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 (tr)

Anagrams

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

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdo.ɾe/

Noun

adore

1. energy
2. courage

Declension

Declension of adore (inanimate) 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

• adoretsu
• adoregabe
• adore eman

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Verb

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

Anagrams

• éroda

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Galician

Verb

adore

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of adorar
2. 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/, [ˈa.d̪ɔ.rɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.do.re/, [ˈaː.d̪ɔ.rɛ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈdoː.re/, [aˈd̪oː.rɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈdo.re/, [aˈd̪ɔː.rɛ]

Noun

adore or adōre n

1. ablative singular of ador

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Portuguese

Verb

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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Romanian

Verb

adore

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

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Spanish

Verb

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.