délicat

See also: delicat

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French delicat, borrowed from Latin dēlicātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.li.ka/

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Adjective

délicat (feminine délicate, masculine plural délicats, feminine plural délicates)

1. delicate

   Synonyms: fin, raffiné, fragile, difficile, sensible

2. difficult, tricky
3. sensitive, thorny

Derived terms

• délicatement

Related terms

• délicatesse
• délice
• délicieux

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: delekat
• → Danish: delikat
• → German: delikat
  • → Polish: delikatny
  • → Russian: деликатный (delikatnyj)
• → Norwegian: delikat
• → Romanian: delicat
• → Swedish: delikat

Further reading

• “délicat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.