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caress

/kəˈes/kur-ES
/kɚˈɛs/kur-ES

Meaninga sign of fondness

Common meaning: a gentle touch

Journey through time

  1. Latincārus‘dear, beloved’
  2. Frenchcaresse
  3. Englishcaress‘a gentle touch’ · today

car also in: charitycherish

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin cārus ‘dear, beloved; costly’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry cārus, p. 292 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • cārus Latin “dear, beloved; costly”

Related words

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