English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle English delicious, from Anglo-Norman delicious from Old French delicious, delicieus, from Late Latin dēliciōsus "delicate, delicious" from dēliciae "delights", plural of dēlicia "pleasure" from dēlicēre "to allure, entice," from de- "away" + lacēre "to lure, deceive". Displaced native Middle English este (“delicious, favorable”) (from Old English ēste (“delicious, dainty, luxurious, delicate”)), Middle English wunlic, wunli (“delicious, joyous”) (from Old English wynlīċ (“pleasant, beatiful, joyful”)), Old English ēstelīc (“delicious, delicate, dainty”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /dɪˈlɪʃəs/
- (US) IPA: /dəˈlɪʃəs/, /diˈlɪʃəs/
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Adjective [edit]
delicious (comparative more delicious, superlative most delicious)
- Pleasing to taste; tasty.
- (colloquial) Metaphorically pleasing to taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.
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Translations [edit]
pleasing to taste
- Arabic: لذيذ (ar) (laḏīḏ) m, لذيذة (ar) (laḏīḏa) f
- Egyptian: لذيذ, لزيز (lazīz) m, لذيذة, لزيزة (lazīza) f
- Moroccan: بنين (bnīn)
- Armenian: համով (hy) (hamov), համեղ (hy) (hameġ)
- Asturian: sabrosu (ast), ricu (ast)
- Azeri: ləzzətli, dadlı
- Belarusian: смачны (be) (smáčny)
- Bulgarian: вкусен (bg) (vkúsen)
- Catalan: deliciós (ca), gustós (ca), saborós (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 好吃 (cmn) (hǎochī), 可口 (cmn) (kěkǒu), 美味 (cmn) (měiwèi), 鮮美 (cmn), 鲜美 (cmn) (xiānměi)
- Czech: lahodný (cs) m
- Danish: delikat (da), liflig (da), lækker (da), yndig (da), herlig (da)
- Dutch: heerlijk (nl), lekker (nl), smakelijk (nl)
- Esperanto: bongusta (eo)
- Finnish: herkullinen (fi)
- French: délicieux (fr) m, délicieuse (fr) f, savoureux (fr), gouteux (fr)
- Galician: delicioso (gl), saboroso (gl), gustoso (gl), sabedeiro (gl), sabedor (gl)
- Georgian: გემრიელი (ka) (gemrieli)
- German: köstlich (de), lecker (de), geschmackvoll (de)
- Greek: εύγευστος
- Hawaiian: ʻono
- Hebrew: טעים (he) (ta`ím)
- Hindi: स्वादिष्ट (hi) (svādiṣṭ), मज़ेदार (hi) (mazedār)
- Hungarian: finom (hu), ízletes (hu)
- Italian: squisito (it) m, delizioso (it) m
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- Japanese: 美味しい (ja) (おいしい, oishii), おいしい (ja) (oishii), 旨い (ja) (うまい, umai)
- Kapampangan: manyaman
- Korean: 맛있다 (ko) (masitda), 맛있는 (ko) (masitneun)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: بهلهزهت (ku) (balazat), بهتام (ku) (batAm)
- Latin: iucundus (la)
- Latvian: garšīgs (lv), gards (lv)
- Lithuanian: skanus (lt) m, skani (lt) f
- Manx: ard-vlastal (gv)
- Marathi: please add this translation if you can
- Mongolian: гайхамшигтай (mn) (gayhamšigtay)
- Persian: لذیذ (fa) (laziz), خوشمزه (fa) (xušmaze)
- Polish: smaczny (pl) m, pyszny (pl) m
- Portuguese: delicioso (pt) m, saboroso (pt), gostoso (pt), apetitoso (pt)
- Romanian: delicios (ro)
- Russian: вкусный (ru) (vkúsnyj) m
- Serbo-Croatian: ukusan (sh)
- Spanish: delicioso (es), sabroso (es), rico (es), gustoso (es), apetitoso (es)
- Swedish: delikat (sv), läcker (sv), smaklig (sv), härlig (sv)
- Tagalog: masarap
- Telugu: రుచికరమైన (te) (ruchikaramaina)
- Thai: อร่อย (th) (àrôi), โอชา (th) (ohchaa)
- Turkish: lezzetli (tr)
- Ukrainian: смачний (uk) (smáčnyj)
- Urdu: سوادشٹ (ur) (svādiṣṭ), مزیدار (ur) (mazedār)
- Vietnamese: thơm tho (vi), ngon ngọt (vi), ngọt ngào (vi)
- Welsh: blasus (cy)
- ǃXóõ: ʘkxʻúm
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