adorable

/adoˈɾable/ · B1 · adj

adorable

🐱 ador + able = able to be adored; same word as English adorable

From Latin adorare, to worship: ad (to) + orare (to pray). Spanish still has orar, to pray, and adorar, to adore. In Spanish the stress falls on -RA-: a-do-RA-ble.

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