See delectable on Wiktionary
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"expansion": "By surface analysis, delect + -able",
"name": "surf"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "delightable"
},
"expansion": "Piecewise doublet of delightable",
"name": "piecewise doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "delectables",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "delectable (plural delectables)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2009 February 8, Gretchen Morgenson, “Bailout Needs Some Strings Attached to Limit Pay”, in New York Times:",
"text": "These include such delectables as cars and drivers, country club memberships and personal use of corporate aircraft.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something that is delectable."
],
"links": [
[
"delectable",
"#Adjective"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈlɛktəbəl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[dɪˈlɛktəbəɫ]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "something that is pleasing to the taste",
"word": "nagom"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "something that is pleasing to the taste",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lekkernij"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "something that is pleasing to the taste",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "délice"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something that is pleasing to the taste",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Leckerei"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something that is pleasing to the taste",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Köstlichkeit"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something that is pleasing to the taste",
"word": "deleite"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something that is pleasing to the taste",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "delicia"
}
],
"word": "delectable"
}
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