See also: Delikat

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French délicat (delicate), from Latin dēlicātus (delightful, delicate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /delikaːt/, [d̥eliˈkʰæːˀd̥]

Adjective

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delikat

  1. exquisite
  2. delicate

Inflection

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Inflection of delikat
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular delikat 2
indefinite neuter singular delikat 2
plural delikate 2
definite attributive1 delikate

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French délicat, from Latin dēlicātus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deliˈkaːt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Adjective

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delikat (strong nominative masculine singular delikater, comparative delikater, superlative am delikatesten)

  1. delicate
  2. delicious

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Polish: delikatny
  • Russian: деликатный (delikatnyj)

Further reading

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  • delikat” in Duden online
  • delikat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French délicat, from Latin delicatus.

Adjective

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delikat (indefinite singular delikat, definite singular and plural delikate)

  1. delicate
  2. delicious, tasty

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French délicat, from Latin delicatus.

Adjective

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delikat (indefinite singular delikat, definite singular and plural delikate)

  1. delicate
  2. delicious, tasty

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Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin dēlicātus.[1] First attested in 1566.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɛˈli.kat/
  • Rhymes: -ikat
  • Syllabification: de‧li‧kat

Noun

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delikat m pers (diminutive delikacik)

  1. (obsolete) delicate person

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References

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  1. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “delikat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “delikat”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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Swedish

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Adjective

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delikat (comparative delikatare, superlative delikatast)

  1. delicious
  2. delicate

Declension

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Inflection of delikat
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular delikat delikatare delikatast
neuter singular delikat delikatare delikatast
plural delikata delikatare delikatast
masculine plural2 delikate delikatare delikatast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 delikate delikatare delikataste
all delikata delikatare delikataste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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