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suave
English
Etymology
From Middle English suave, borrowed from Latin su?vis (“sweet, pleasant”); doublet of sweet.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sw??v/
- (US) IPA(key): /sw?v/, /swe?v/
- Rhymes: -??v, -e?v
Adjective
suave (comparative suaver, superlative suavest)
- Charming, confident and elegant.
Derived terms
- outsuave
- suavely
- suaveness
Translations
Noun
suave (plural suaves)
- Sweet talk.
Translations
References
- Paternoster, Lewis M. and Frager-Stone, Ruth. Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Growth. Second Edition. Amsco School Publications: USA. 1998.
Anagrams
- Sauve, Vause, uveas
French
Etymology
From Middle French suave, from Latin su?vis (“sweet, pleasant”), replacing the inherited souef, from Old French soef, suef (“sweet, mild, agreeable, tranquil, peaceful”), which was supplanted in form and meaning during the 17th cent. together with its derivatives, and survives only in the dialects.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?av/
Adjective
suave (plural suaves)
- (especially of persons and their speech) smooth and graceful, polite, polished, suave
References
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “suavis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 120, page 325
- “suave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su?a.ve/, [s?u?ä?ve?], (in fast speech) /?swa.ve/, [?s?wä?ve?]
- Rhymes: -ave
- Hyphenation: su?à?ve
Adjective
suave (plural suavi)
- (literary) Archaic form of soave.
Derived terms
- suavità
References
- suave in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverbial use of the neuter singular adjective.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?su?a?.u?e/, [?s?u?ä?u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sva.ve/, [?zv??v?]
Adverb
su?ve (not comparable)
- sweetly, becomingly, pleasantly
- Synonym: su?viter
Etymology 2
Adjective
su?ve
- nominative neuter singular of su?vis
- accusative neuter singular of su?vis
- vocative neuter singular of su?vis
References
- suave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- suave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin su?vis (“sweet, pleasant”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?swa.v?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.?a.vi/, /?swa.vi/
- Hyphenation: su?a?ve
- Rhymes: -avi
Adjective
suave m or f (plural suaves, comparable)
- soft, smooth
- Synonyms: macio, liso
- gentle, mild
- (Brazil, slang) fine, okay
Derived terms
- suavizar
Related terms
- suavidade
- suavizante
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin su?vis (“sweet, pleasant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?swabe/, [?swa.??e]
Adjective
suave (plural suaves)
- smooth, soft, fluffy
- Antonym: áspero
- soft, gentle, light, mild (e.g. mild flavor, a mild winter)
- suave (charming, confident and elegant)
- Synonyms: terso, blando, liso
- Antonyms: áspero, duro
- cool, acceptable, easy
Derived terms
- manjar suave
- suavemente
- suavísimo
- suave como el culito de un bebé
- suavecito
- suavizante
- suavizar
Related terms
- suavidad
- suavo
Further reading
- “suave” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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thoughtful
English
Etymology
From Middle English tho?tful, thohtful, equivalent to thought +? -ful. Compare Dutch gedachtenvol.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????tf?l/, /????tf?l/
- (General American) enPR: thôt’f?l, IPA(key): /???tf?l/
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: thät’f?l, IPA(key): /???tf?l/
Adjective
thoughtful (comparative more thoughtful, superlative most thoughtful)
- Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.
- Synonyms: thoughty, carefully, detail oriented
- Demonstrating kindness or consideration for others.
- Synonyms: thoughty, considerate, attentive, caring
Antonyms
- thoughtless
Derived terms
- thoughtfully
- thoughtfulness
Translations
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