fondle

English

Etymology

fond +‎ -le, frequentative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɒndl/
• Rhymes: -ɒndəl

Verb

fondle (third-person singular simple present fondles, present participle fondling, simple past and past participle fondled)

1. To touch or stroke lovingly.

   Mothers fondle their babies.

2. To grasp.

   The lovers fondled each other.

Derived terms

• fondler
• fondlingly

Translations

to fondle

• Albanian: ledhatoj (sq), përkëdhel (sq)
• Arabic: لَاطَفَ‏‎ (lāṭafa), رَبَتَ‏‎ (rabata)
• Bulgarian: милвам (bg) (milvam), галя (bg) (galja)
• Catalan: acaronar (ca), acariciar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛撫 (zh), 爱抚 (zh) (àifǔ)

• Czech: laskat (cs)
• Dutch: liefkozen (nl)
• Esperanto: karesi (eo)
• Finnish: hyväillä, kosketella (fi)
• French: caresser (fr)

• German: liebkosen (de), kosen (de)
• Italian: accarezzare (it), avvinghiarsi
• Japanese: 愛撫する (ja) (あいぶする, aibu surú), かわいがる (ja) (kawaigaru)
• Korean: 어르다 (ko) (eoreuda)
• Maori: mori
• Portuguese: acariciar (pt)
• Romanian: dezmierda (ro), mângâia (ro)
• Russian: ласка́ть (ru) impf (laskátʹ), гла́дить (ru) impf (gláditʹ) (stroke), ти́скать (ru) (tískatʹ) (squeeze)
• Slovene: crkljati
• Spanish: acariciar (es)
• Swedish: smeka (sv), kela med

See also

• dandle
• pet

References

• “fondle” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2017.

Anagrams

• Folden, enfold, folden