suavis

Betekenis (Engels)

sweet, pleasant, delicious

Sinonieme

bellus

comis

lepidus

dulcis

Vertalings

sweet

tender

dolç

dolce

soft

doux

gentle

süß

ameno

zoet

doce

zacht

liefelijk

meigo

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈsʷaː.wɪs]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Proto-Italic *swāwis, from Proto-Italic *suādwus, from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”). The extension of the u-stem into an i-stem is regular (compare brevis, tenuis) and must have occurred before the loss of *-d- in medial *-dw-.