leccare

to lick

Hyphenated as

lec‧cà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lekˈka.re/

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *liccāre (compare French lécher), itself probably from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn. See English lick for more.
Alternatively from an early contraction of *ligicāre, denasalized from *lingicāre, from Classical Latin lingere. This is based on the analogy with *fīccāre (whence Italian ficcare), generally derived from *fīgicāre, from fīgere. However, the last-mentioned etymology (while commonly accepted) is not inevitable and at any rate requires only two theoretical steps, rather than three.

Concepts

lick

flatter

lap

suck up to

fawn

adulate

taste

try

go down on

give head

blandish

blarney

eat out

Synonyms

adulare

lambire

essere servile

incensare

mangiare leccando

pulire con la lingua

pulire con le dita

bere

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Translations

lécher

lamer

lecken

lamber

lizać

llepar

γλείφω

likken

yalamak

schmeicheln

lambō

لَعِقَ

lambo

lecar

لحس