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==English== | |||
===Etymology 1=== | |||
Partly from Latin ''[[affectionatus]],'' partly from ''[[affection]]'' + ''[[-ate]].'' | |||
===Pronunciation=== | |||
(UK, US) IPA: /əˈfɛkʃənət/ | |||
===Adjective=== | |||
'''affectionate''' (''[[comparative]]'' '''more affectionate''', ''[[superlative]]'' '''most affectionate''') | |||
* 1.Having [[affection]] or warm [[regard]]; [[loving]]; [[fond]]; as, an affectionate brother. | |||
* 2.Proceeding from affection; indicating [[ove]]; [[tender]]; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language. | |||
===Synonyms=== | |||
* [[tender]]; [[attached]]; [[loving]]; [[devoted]]; [[warm]]; [[fond]]; [[earnest]]; [[ardent]]. | |||
===Derived terms=== | |||
* [[affectionately]] | |||
===Related terms=== | |||
* [[affect]] | |||
* [[affectation]] | |||
* [[affecter]] | |||
* [[affective]] | |||
* [[affection]] | |||
===Etymology 2=== | |||
Either from the adjective, or from ''[[affection]]'' + ''[[-ate]]'' (modelled on Middle French ''[[affectionner]]''). | |||
===Pronunciation=== | |||
IPA: /əˈfɛkʃəneɪt/ | |||
===Verb=== | |||
'''to affectionate''' (third-person singular simple present affectionates, present participle affectionating, simple past and past participle affectionated) | |||
:1.(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for. | |||
:2.(''[[obsolete]]'', ''[[reflexive]]'') To emotionally attach (oneself) to. | |||
::* 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 21: | |||
::::Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that [...etc.] | |||
Revision as of 05:11, 20 February 2011
English
Etymology 1
Partly from Latin affectionatus, partly from affection + -ate.
Pronunciation
(UK, US) IPA: /əˈfɛkʃənət/
Adjective
affectionate (comparative more affectionate, superlative most affectionate)
- 1.Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
- 2.Proceeding from affection; indicating ove; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Either from the adjective, or from affection + -ate (modelled on Middle French affectionner).
Pronunciation
IPA: /əˈfɛkʃəneɪt/
Verb
to affectionate (third-person singular simple present affectionates, present participle affectionating, simple past and past participle affectionated)
- 1.(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
- 2.(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 21:
- Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that [...etc.]