delicate

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

1. Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
2. Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
3. Intended for use with fragile items.
4. Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
5. Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
6. (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
7. (obsolete) Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
8. Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
9. Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
10. Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
11. Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
12. Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
13. Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.

Noun

1. A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie.
2. (obsolete) A choice dainty; a delicacy.
3. (obsolete) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
4. A moth, Mythimna vitellina.

Concetti

delicato

fragile

sensibile

esile

fine

delicata

elegante

tenero

frale

cagionevole

leggero

pericolosa

pericoloso

piccante

soffice

spiritoso

tagliente

umile

vulnerabile

arrischiato

lieve

rompibile

senza forze

non pesante

acre

senza forza

acuta

acuto

affilato

aguzzo

appuntito

aspro

debole

floscio

gracile

sinonimi

fine

fragile

soft

tender

sensitive

weak

dainty

frail

gentle

refined

subtle

slender

thin

exquisite

brittle

feeble

slim

breakable

slight

smooth

sickly

touchy

minute

graceful

light

ticklish

nice

elaborate

silky

detailed

accurate

sweet

supple

tactful

infirm

keen

elegant

frangible

lissome

subtile

mild

young

difficult

acute

decrepit

dangerous

risky

sharp

shiny

finespun

Traduzioni

délicat

delicado

fragile

delicat

zart

sensible

empfindlich

fin

🔚

delikat

fijn

fein

zierlich

heikel

fino

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈdɛlɪkət/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: delicat

Affine spagnolo: delgado

In summary

From Middle English delicat, from Latin dēlicātus (“giving pleasure, delightful, soft, luxurious, delicate, (in Medieval Latin also) fine, slender”), from dēlicia + -ātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), usually in plural dēliciae (“pleasure, delight, luxury”), from dēliciō (“I allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“I lure, I deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Compare delight, delicious and Spanish delgado (“thin, skinny”). The noun is from a substantivization of the adjective (see -ate).