delectable

See also: délectable

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɛktəbəl/, [dɪˈlɛktəbəɫ]

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Adjective

delectable (comparative more delectable, superlative most delectable)

1. Highly pleasing; delightful, especially to any of the senses; delicious.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:delectable.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:delicious

Derived terms

• delectability
• delectableness
• delectably
• indelectable
• undelectable

Translations

pleasing to the taste; delicious — see also delightful

Bikol Central: managom Catalan: delectable, deliciós (ca) Dutch: lekker (nl), smakelijk (nl), verrukkelijk (nl) Finnish: herkullinen (fi), maukas (fi) French: délicieux (fr), savoureux (fr) German: köstlich (de), lecker (de) Macedonian: вку́сен (vkúsen), пре́красен (prékrasen) Maori: waireka, hūnene, whakawaiwai Norwegian: Bokmål: deilig (no), lekker (no), kostelig Occitan: deliciós (oc) Polish: wyśmienity (pl), smakowity (pl) Portuguese: delicioso (pt), deleitoso (pt), deleitável Serbo-Croatian: ukusan (sh) Spanish: delicioso (es), delectable, deleitable Swedish: läcker (sv)

Noun

delectable (plural delectables)

1. Something that is delectable.
   • 2009 February 8, Gretchen Morgenson, “Bailout Needs Some Strings Attached to Limit Pay”, in New York Times‎:

     These include such delectables as cars and drivers, country club memberships and personal use of corporate aircraft.

Translations

something that is pleasing to the taste

Bikol Central: nagom (bcl) Dutch: lekkernij (nl) f French: délice (fr) m German: Leckerei (de) f, Köstlichkeit f Polish: delicja (pl) f Portuguese: deleite (pt) Spanish: delicia f