adj
Meaning 1
Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
affectionate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
Examples
- the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Eager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To show affection to; to have affection for.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, reflexive
Examples
- 1838 February 1, Charles Dickens, To Catherine Dickens, 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, page 41, Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband CHARLES DICKENS
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having or displaying warmth or affection
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- affectionate children
- a fond embrace
- fond of his nephew
- a tender glance
- a warm embrace
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fond, lovesome, tender, warm
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin affectiōnātus. By surface analysis, affection + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of aficionado.
Either from the above adjective by metanalysis or from affection + -ate (verb-forming suffix) (modelled on Middle French affectionner (French affectionner)).
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: স্নেহপ্রবণ (snehoprobon) — loving
- Bulgarian: любящ (ljubjašt) — loving
- Bulgarian: нежен (nežen) — loving
- Catalan: afectuós — loving
- Chinese Cantonese: 友愛 /友爱 (jau5 oi3) — loving
- Chinese: 友愛 /友爱 (iú-ài) — loving
- Chinese Mandarin: 友愛 /友爱 (yǒu'ài) — loving
- Chinese Mandarin: 深情 (shēnqíng) — loving
- Danish: kærlig — loving
- Esperanto: ama — loving
- Esperanto: amema — loving
- Esperanto: amplena — loving
- Finnish: hellä — loving
- Finnish: rakastava — loving
- French: affectueux — loving
- Galician: afectuoso — loving
- German: liebevoll — loving
- Hindi: वत्सल (vatsal) — loving
- Hungarian: szerető — loving
- Icelandic: ástúðlegur — loving
- Irish: ceanúil — loving
- Irish: cionmhar — loving
- Irish: grámhar — loving
- Irish: caithiseach — loving
- Irish: muirneach — loving
- Irish: geanúil — loving
- Italian: affettuoso — loving
- Japanese: 人懐っこい (hitonatsukkoi) — loving
- Latin: affectuosus — loving
- Latvian: mīlīgs — loving
- Macedonian: не́жен (néžen) — loving
- Macedonian: чувстви́телен (čuvstvítelen) — loving
- Māori: matatau — loving
- Māori: mateoha — loving
- Polish: czuły — loving
- Polish: kochający — loving
- Portuguese: afetuoso — loving
- Romanian: afectuos — loving
- Russian: лю́бящий (ljúbjaščij) — loving
- Russian: не́жный (néžnyj) — loving
- Spanish: afectuoso — loving
- Spanish: cariñoso — loving
- Spanish: querendón — loving
- Swedish: kärleksfull — loving
- Turkish: sevecen — loving
- Turkish: canayakın — loving
- Catalan: afectuós — indicating love
- Chinese Mandarin: 溫柔 /温柔 (wēnróu) — indicating love
- Finnish: hellä — indicating love
- Finnish: rakastava — indicating love
- Hungarian: szeretetteljes — indicating love
- Icelandic: ástúðlegur — indicating love
- Latvian: mīlīgs — indicating love
- Macedonian: не́жен (néžen) — indicating love
- Polish: czuły — indicating love
- Polish: kochający — indicating love
- Portuguese: afetuoso — indicating love
- Portuguese: carinhoso — indicating love
- Romanian: afectuos — indicating love
- Russian: лю́бящий (ljúbjaščij) — indicating love
- Russian: не́жный (néžnyj) — indicating love
- Spanish: cariñoso — indicating love
- Spanish: afectuoso — indicating love
- Spanish: querendón — indicating love
- Swedish: kärleksfull — indicating love
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