endearment

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Etymology tree English endear Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English endearment From endear + -ment.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Central Bikol: ranga — act or process of endearing
• German: Zuneigung — act or process of endearing
• Greek: καλόπιασμα (kalópiasma) — act or process of endearing
• Italian: accarezzamento — act or process of endearing
• Russian: выраже́ние нежности (vyražénije nežnosti) — act or process of endearing
• Spanish: encariñamiento — act or process of endearing
• Swedish: ömhetsbetygelse — act or process of endearing
• German: Zärtlichkeit — state of being endeared
• Swedish: omtyckthet — state of being endeared
• Bulgarian: нежност (nežnost) — an expression of affection
• Catalan: una mostra de tendresa — an expression of affection
• Catalan: una mostra d' afecte — an expression of affection
• French: affection — an expression of affection
• German: Kosename — an expression of affection
• Greek: χαϊδευτικό (chaïdeftikó) — an expression of affection
• Italian: vezzeggiativo — an expression of affection
• Romanian: afecțiune — an expression of affection
• Romanian: dezmierdare — an expression of affection
• Romanian: îndrăgire — an expression of affection
• Russian: выражение привязанности (vyražénije privjázannosti) — an expression of affection
• Russian: выражение нежности (vyražénije néžnosti) — an expression of affection
• Spanish: cariño — an expression of affection
• Spanish: ternura — an expression of affection
• Spanish: afecto — an expression of affection
• Spanish: hipocorístico — an expression of affection
• Swedish: smeknamn — an expression of affection