adorable B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/ UK /əˈdɔːɹəbəl/ See IPA manual Freq #4616 Meanings 1 adj Very attractive and easy to love, especially in a sweet or charming way. Their new puppy is absolutely adorable. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · very attractive and easy to... lovely Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French adorable and its etymon Latin adorābilis, from adōrāre, from ad + ōrō + ōrāre. By surface analysis, adore + -able. adorābilis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # adorable **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈdɔːɹəbəl/ **Frequency rank:** 4616 ## Meanings 1. Very attractive and easy to love, especially in a sweet or charming way. ## Examples - Their new puppy is absolutely adorable. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: adorābilis ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French adorable and its etymon Latin adorābilis, from adōrāre, from ad + ōrō + ōrāre. By surface analysis, adore + -able. ## AI Etymology Adorable is borrowed from Middle French adorable and its etymon Latin adorābilis, from adōrāre, from ad plus ōrō plus ōrāre. By surface analysis, adore plus -able. The suffix -able or -ible gives the formation a passive or potential value, marking something capable of being, suitable for being, or worthy of the action named by adore. In use as an adjective, adorable denotes very attractive and easy to love, especially in a sweet or charming way. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown