"fondle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɒndəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fondle.wav Forms: fondles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒndəl Etymology: From fond (“love, admire”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fond|le|id2=verbal frequentative|pos2=frequentative suffix|t1=love, admire}} fond (“love, admire”) + -le (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fondle (plural fondles)
  1. A caress.
    Sense id: en-fondle-en-noun-8Qr8Br-F

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɒndəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fondle.wav Forms: fondles [present, singular, third-person], fondling [participle, present], fondled [participle, past], fondled [past]
Rhymes: -ɒndəl Etymology: From fond (“love, admire”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fond|le|id2=verbal frequentative|pos2=frequentative suffix|t1=love, admire}} fond (“love, admire”) + -le (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fondle (third-person singular simple present fondles, present participle fondling, simple past and past participle fondled)
  1. (transitive) To touch or stroke lovingly. Tags: transitive Synonyms: dandle, pet, touch up, fondle Translations (to touch or stroke lovingly): ledhatoj (Albanian), përkëdhel (Albanian), لَاطَفَ (lāṭafa) (Arabic), رَبَتَ (rabata) (Arabic), милвам (milvam) (Bulgarian), галя (galja) (Bulgarian), acaronar (Catalan), acariciar (Catalan), 愛撫 (Chinese Mandarin), 爱抚 (àifǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), laskat (Czech), liefkozen (Dutch), karesi (Esperanto), hyväillä (Finnish), kosketella (Finnish), caresser (French), afagar (Galician), acariñar (Galician), aloumiñar (Galician), acariciar (Galician), liebkosen (German), kosen (German), muirnigh (Irish), accarezzare (Italian), avvinghiarsi (Italian), 愛撫する (aibu surú) (alt: あいぶする) (Japanese), かわいがる (kawaigaru) (Japanese), 어르다 (eoreuda) (Korean), subigitō (Latin), contrectō (Latin), mori (Maori), takamori (Maori), whakatākohekohe (Maori), acariciar (Portuguese), dezmierda (Romanian), mângâia (Romanian), ласка́ть (laskátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), гла́дить (gláditʹ) (english: stroke) [imperfective] (Russian), ти́скать (tískatʹ) (english: squeeze) (Russian), crkljati (Slovene), acariciar (Spanish), smeka (Swedish), kela med (Swedish), నిమురు (nimuru) (Telugu), llochi (Welsh)
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  2. (transitive) To grasp. Tags: transitive Synonyms: clutch, grab, nim, grasp
    Sense id: en-fondle-en-verb-wWfPX-3i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: act sexually, rub Hyponyms: muzzle [obsolete], nestle, nuzzle, snug, snuggle, tit up [UK, slang, vulgar] Derived forms: fondler, fondlesome, fondlingly Related terms: cop a feel, get to second base [US, slang], make out [US, slang], massage Coordinate_terms: embrace, kiss
Synonyms: canoodle, caress, chuckle [archaic], coax [obsolete], cosset, dally, dandle, dawt [UK, dialectal], faddle [UK, dialectal], feel up, fond [obsolete], fondle, grabble, grope, nantle [obsolete], pet, pettle [UK, dialectal], shift [Ireland, slang, vulgar], smuggle [obsolete], tiddle [UK, dialectal], touch up [idiomatic]

Inflected forms

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      "word": "гла́дить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "squeeze",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tískatʹ",
      "sense": "to touch or stroke lovingly",
      "word": "ти́скать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to touch or stroke lovingly",
      "word": "crkljati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to touch or stroke lovingly",
      "word": "acariciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to touch or stroke lovingly",
      "word": "smeka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to touch or stroke lovingly",
      "word": "kela med"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nimuru",
      "sense": "to touch or stroke lovingly",
      "word": "నిమురు"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to touch or stroke lovingly",
      "word": "llochi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fondle"
}

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    "Rhymes:English/ɒndəl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒndəl/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Albanian translations",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations"
  ],
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        "2": "fond",
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        "id2": "verbal frequentative",
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        "t1": "love, admire"
      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fond (“love, admire”) + -le (frequentative suffix).",
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      "form": "fondles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "I gave the sleeping dog's ears a fondle as I walked past.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A caress."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɒndəl/"
    },
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}

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