affectionateとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /əˈfɛkʃənət/
• Hyphenation: af‧fec‧tion‧ate

形容詞

affectionate (comparative more affectionate, superlative most affectionate)

1. (of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.

   She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.

2. (of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.

   the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.

3. (obsolete) Eager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.

同意語

• tender; lovesome; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.
• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

派生語

• affectionately

関連する語

• affect
• affectation
• affecter
• affective
• affection

語源 2

Either from the adjective, or from affection + -ate (modelled on Middle French affectionner).

発音

• IPA^(key): /əˈfɛkʃəneɪt/

動詞

affectionate (三人称単数 現在形 affectionates, 現在分詞 affectionating, 過去形および過去分詞形 affectionated)

1. (rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
2. (obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821: