"affectionate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈfɛkʃənət/ Audio: en-us-affectionate.ogg [US] Forms: affectionate [positive], more affectionate [comparative], most affectionate [superlative]
Etymology: affection + -ate Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|affection|ate}} affection + -ate Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A person who is affectionate likes to touch other people in a friendly way, usually due to love or affection.
    Sense id: simple-affectionate-en-adj-F9nQDPnY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ate

Verb

IPA: /əˈfɛkʃənət/ Audio: en-us-affectionate.ogg [US] Forms: affectionate [canonical], affectionates [third-person, singular], affectionated [past], affectionated [past, participle], affectionating [present, participle]
Etymology: affection + -ate Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|affection|ate}} affection + -ate Head templates: {{verb|affectionat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you affectionate with someone, you show your love and affection to another person.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ate
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