délicatesse

See also: delicatesse

French

Etymology

From Middle French delicatesse, equivalent to délicat +‎ -esse, probably modelled on Italian delicatezza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.li.ka.tɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

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Noun

délicatesse f (plural délicatesses)

1. delicacy; delicateness

Derived terms

• en délicatesse

Descendants

• → Dutch: delicatesse
• → German: Delikatesse, Delicatesse (obsolete)
  • → Czech: delikatesa
  • → English: delicatessen, delikatessen (via plural)
    • → Spanish: delicatessen, delicatesen
  • → Polish: delikates
  • → Romanian: delicatesă
• → Norwegian Bokmål: delikatesse
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: delikatesse
• → Romanian: delicatețe
• → Russian: деликате́с (delikatés)
• → Serbo-Croatian: delikatèsa / деликатѐса
• → Swedish: delikatess
• → Ukrainian: делікате́с (delikatés)
• → Yiddish: דעליקאַטעס (delikates)

Further reading

• “délicatesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.