adorer
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
adorer (plural adorers)
- Someone who adores.
- Someone who worships.
- 1582, Gregory Martin (translator), The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, John 4.23, p. 226,[1]
- But the houre commeth, and now it is, when the true adorers shal adore the Father in spirit and veritie.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 140-143:
- […] I in one Night freed / From servitude inglorious welnigh half / Th’ Angelic Name, and thinner left the throng / Of his adorers […]
- 1798, Thomas Paine, Atheism Refuted[2], London: J. Johnson, page 17:
- All men in the outset of the religion they profess are adorers of a God, and friends of man.
- Synonyms: devotee, worshipper
- 1582, Gregory Martin (translator), The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, John 4.23, p. 226,[1]
- Someone who has a deep admiration, fondness or love (of someone or something).
- 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
- […] I profess myself her adorer, not her friend.
- 1732, George Berkeley, “The Sixth Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, section XXXII, page 122:
- I vvho profeſs my ſelf an Admirer, an Adorer of Reaſon, am obliged to ovvn, that in ſome Caſes the Sharpneſs of Ridicule can do more than the Strength of Argument.
- 1871, W. S. Gilbert, “Old Paul and Old Tim”, in More “Bab” Ballads[3], London: Routledge, published 1892, page 164:
- When rival adorers come courting a maid, / There’s something or other may often be said, / Why he should be pitched upon rather than him. / This wasn’t the case with Old Paul and Old Tim.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 13, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- The funny thing was that all the envelopes were addressed in the same hand, in green or sometimes purple capitals. It was like one crazed adorer laying siege to Leo.
- Synonym: admirer
- Someone who worships.
Translations edit
someone who adores
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Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
adorer (feminine adorera, masculine plural adorers, feminine plural adoreres)
Noun edit
adorer m (plural adorers, feminine adorera)
- native or inhabitant of Ador, Valencia, Spain (male or of unspecified gender)
Further reading edit
- “adorer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “adorer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “adorer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French adorer, borrowed from Latin adōrāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
adorer
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of adorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | adorer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | adorant /a.dɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | adoré /a.dɔ.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
adores /a.dɔʁ/ |
adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
adorons /a.dɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
adorez /a.dɔ.ʁe/ |
adorent /a.dɔʁ/ |
imperfect | adorais /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/ |
adorais /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/ |
adorait /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/ |
adorions /a.dɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adoriez /a.dɔ.ʁje/ |
adoraient /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | adorai /a.dɔ.ʁe/ |
adoras /a.dɔ.ʁa/ |
adora /a.dɔ.ʁa/ |
adorâmes /a.dɔ.ʁam/ |
adorâtes /a.dɔ.ʁat/ |
adorèrent /a.dɔ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | adorerai /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
adoreras /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
adorera /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
adorerons /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
adorerez /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
adoreront /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | adorerais /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
adorerais /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
adorerait /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
adorerions /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adoreriez /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
adoreraient /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
adores /a.dɔʁ/ |
adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
adorions /a.dɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adoriez /a.dɔ.ʁje/ |
adorent /a.dɔʁ/ |
imperfect2 | adorasse /a.dɔ.ʁas/ |
adorasses /a.dɔ.ʁas/ |
adorât /a.dɔ.ʁa/ |
adorassions /a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
adorassiez /a.dɔ.ʁa.sje/ |
adorassent /a.dɔ.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
— | adorons /a.dɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
adorez /a.dɔ.ʁe/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Haitian Creole: adore
Further reading edit
- “adorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈdoː.rer/, [äˈd̪oːrɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈdo.rer/, [äˈd̪ɔːrer]
Verb edit
adōrer
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin adōrō, adōrāre. Doublet of aorer. The -d- was re-introduced from influence from Ecclesiastical Latin.
Verb edit
adorer
- (chiefly Christianity) to praise (usually God)
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of adorer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | adorer | avoir adoré | |||||
gerund | en adorant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | adorant | ||||||
past participle | adoré | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | ador | adores | adore | adorons | adorez | adorent |
imperfect | adoroie, adoreie, adoroe, adoreve | adoroies, adoreies, adoroes, adoreves | adoroit, adoreit, adorot, adoreve | adoriiens, adoriens | adoriiez, adoriez | adoroient, adoreient, adoroent, adorevent | |
preterite | adorai | adoras | adora | adorames | adorastes | adorerent | |
future | adorerai | adoreras | adorera | adorerons | adoreroiz, adorereiz, adorerez | adoreront | |
conditional | adoreroie, adorereie | adoreroies, adorereies | adoreroit, adorereit | adoreriiens, adoreriens | adoreriiez, adoreriez | adoreroient, adorereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | ador | adors | adort | adorons | adorez | adorent |
imperfect | adorasse | adorasses | adorast | adorissons, adorissiens | adorissoiz, adorissez, adorissiez | adorassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | adore | — | adorons | adorez | — |