delectable

See also: délectable

English

Etymology

From Middle English delectable, from Middle French délectable, from Old French delectable, from Medieval Latin delectare (“to delight”). By surface analysis, delect +‎ -able. Piecewise doublet of delightable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɛktəbəl/, [dɪˈlɛktəbəɫ]

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

delectable (comparative more delectable, superlative most delectable)

1. Highly pleasing; delightful, especially to any of the senses; delicious.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:delectable.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:delicious

Derived terms

• delectability
• delectableness
• delectably
• indelectable
• undelectable

Translations

pleasing to the taste; delicious — see also delightful

• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: managom

• Catalan: delectable, deliciós (ca)
• Dutch: lekker (nl), smakelijk (nl), verrukkelijk (nl)
• Finnish: herkullinen (fi), maukas (fi)
• French: délicieux (fr), savoureux (fr)
• German: köstlich (de), lecker (de)
• Macedonian: вку́сен (vkúsen), пре́красен (prékrasen)
• Māori: waireka, hūnene, whakawaiwai
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: deilig (no), lekker (no), kostelig

• Occitan: deliciós (oc)
• Polish: wyśmienity (pl), smakowity (pl)
• Portuguese: delicioso (pt), deleitoso (pt), deleitável
• Serbo-Croatian: ukusan (sh)
• Spanish: delicioso (es), delectable, deleitable
• Swedish: läcker (sv)

Noun

delectable (plural delectables)

1. Something that is delectable.
   • 2009 February 8, Gretchen Morgenson, “Bailout Needs Some Strings Attached to Limit Pay”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 April 2023:

     These include such delectables as cars and drivers, country club memberships and personal use of corporate aircraft.

Translations

something that is pleasing to the taste

• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: nagom (bcl)

• Dutch: lekkernij (nl) f
• French: délice (fr) m
• German: Leckerei (de) f, Köstlichkeit f
• Polish: delicja (pl) f
• Portuguese: deleite (pt)
• Spanish: delicia f