"delicious" in seven languages
Meaningdelicious
Spanish
delicioso
/deliˈθjoso/
learned
Rico is the everyday word for tasty food: ¡qué rico!
French
délicieux
/delisjø/
learned
fem.: délicieuse
Italian
delizioso
/delitˈtsjoso/
learned
Buonissimo is the everyday praise for food.
Portuguese
delicioso
/delisiˈozu/
learned
Romanian
delicios
/deliˈtʃos/
learned
Catalan
deliciós
/dəlisiˈos/
learned
English
delicious
/dɪˈlɪʃəs/
from Latin/French · Old French delicious, from Late Latin
English → ItaliandeliciousdeliziosoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DĒLICIŌSUM‘delightful (Late Latin, from DĒLICIAE 'delights')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
DĒLICIAE meant delights of every kind. All four use it mostly of food, but French délicieux and Italian delizioso still praise a charming house or person.
English relatives: delight, delicacy, delicate
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In a sentence
- esEsta sopa está deliciosa.
- frCette soupe est délicieuse.
- itQuesta zuppa è deliziosa.
- ptEsta sopa está deliciosa.
- roSupa asta e delicioasă.
- caAquesta sopa és deliciosa.
- enThis soup is delicious.