adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/dɪˈlɛktəbəl/
UK:[dɪˈlɛktəbəɫ]
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Highly pleasing; delightful, especially to any of the senses; delicious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
For quotations using this term, see Citations:delectable.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Something that is delectable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
capable of arousing desire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the delectable Miss Haynes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sexually attractive
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English delectable, from Middle French délectable, from Old French delectable, from Medieval Latin delectare (“to delight”). By surface analysis, delect + -able. Piecewise doublet of delightable.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Central Bikol:
managom
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Catalan:
delectable
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Catalan:
deliciós
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Dutch:
lekker
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Dutch:
smakelijk
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Dutch:
verrukkelijk
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Finnish:
herkullinen
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Finnish:
maukas
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
French:
délicieux
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
French:
savoureux
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
German:
köstlich
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
German:
lecker
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Macedonian:
вку́сен
(vkúsen)
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Macedonian:
пре́красен
(prékrasen)
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Māori:
waireka
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Māori:
hūnene
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Māori:
whakawaiwai
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Norwegian Bokmål:
deilig
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Norwegian Bokmål:
lekker
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Norwegian Bokmål:
kostelig
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Occitan:
deliciós
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Polish:
wyśmienity
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Polish:
smakowity
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Portuguese:
delicioso
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Portuguese:
deleitoso
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Portuguese:
deleitável
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Serbo-Croatian:
ukusan
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Spanish:
delicioso
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Spanish:
delectable
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Spanish:
deleitable
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Swedish:
läcker
— pleasing to the taste; delicious
Central Bikol:
nagom
— something that is pleasing to the taste
Dutch:
lekkernij
— something that is pleasing to the taste
French:
délice
— something that is pleasing to the taste
German:
Leckerei
— something that is pleasing to the taste
German:
Köstlichkeit
— something that is pleasing to the taste
Polish:
delicja
— something that is pleasing to the taste
Portuguese:
deleite
— something that is pleasing to the taste
Spanish:
delicia
— something that is pleasing to the taste
