délicatesse
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See also: delicatesse
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French delicatesse, equivalent to délicat + -esse, probably modelled on Italian delicatezza.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
délicatesse f (plural délicatesses)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Dutch: delicatesse
- → German: Delikatesse
- → Czech: delikatesa
- → English: delicatessen, delikatessen (via plural)
- → Spanish: delicatessen, delicatesen
- → Polish: delikates
- → Romanian: delicatesă
- → Norwegian Bokmål: delikatesse
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: delikatesse
- → Romanian: delicatețe
- → Russian: деликате́с (delikatés)
- → Serbo-Croatian: delikatèsa/деликатѐса
- → Swedish: delikatess
- → Ukrainian: делікате́с (delikatés)
- → Yiddish: דעליקאַטעס (delikates)
References[edit]
- ^ Etymology and history of “délicatesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading[edit]
- “délicatesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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