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English
Etymology
From French caresse, from Italian carezza (“dear”), from Latin cārus (“dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-, akin to Sanskrit काम (kāma, “love”). Doublet of karezza.
Pronunciation
Noun
caress (plural caresses)
- An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
- A gentle stroking or rubbing.
Translations
Verb
caress (third-person singular simple present caresses, present participle caressing, simple past and past participle caressed)
- (transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
- Synonyms: hold, soothe, stroke, kiss; see also Thesaurus:fondle, Thesaurus:kiss
She loves being caressed by her boyfriend.
- (transitive) To affect as if with a caress.
2012, Mel Berry, Graceful Intentions, page 1:The love and anguish in his voice caressed my mind and soul.
Translations
touch or kiss lovingly
- Albanian: ledhatoj (sq), përkëdhel (sq)
- Arabic: لَاطَفَ (lāṭafa)
- Armenian: գգվել (hy) (ggvel), շոյել (hy) (šoyel)
- Azerbaijani: oxşamaq, əzizləmək (az), nəvaziş etmək, nazlamaq, sığal çəkmək, sığallamaq, tumarlamaq (az)
- Belarusian: ла́шчыць impf (láščycʹ), пе́сціць impf (pjéscicʹ), галубі́ць impf (halubícʹ), гла́дзіць impf (hládzicʹ) (stroke gently)
- Bikol Central: hapros (bcl)
- Bulgarian: ми́лвам (bg) impf (mílvam), ласка́я (bg) impf (laskája)
- Catalan: acariciar (ca) f, acaronar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 愛撫/爱抚 (zh) (àifǔ)
- Czech: laskat (cs) impf, hladit (cs) impf, pohladit pf
- Danish: kærtegne (da)
- Dutch: liefkozen (nl)
- Esperanto: intimumi, (pri tuŝado) karesi (eo)
- Finnish: hyväillä (fi)
- French: caresser (fr)
- Galician: acariñar (gl), aloumiñar (gl), acariciar (gl), afagar, cofar (gl)
- Gallurese: carignà, accaritzà
- German: liebkosen (de), kosen (de)
- Greek: χαϊδεύω (el) (chaïdévo), θωπεύω (el) (thopévo)
- Hindi: हाथ फेरना (hāth phernā), सहलाना (hi) (sahlānā), दुलारना (hi) (dulārnā), प्यार करना (pyār karnā), लाड़ करना (lāṛ karnā), लाड़ लड़ाना (lāṛ laṛānā), पुचकारना (hi) (puckārnā)
- Hungarian: cirógat (hu) (stroke gently), simogat (hu) (stroke), dédelget (hu), átölel (hu)
- Indonesian: elus (id), membelai (id)
- Irish: muirnigh, slíoc
- Italian: accarezzare (it)
- Japanese: 愛撫する (ja) (あいぶする, aibu suru)
- Korean: 어루만지다 (ko) (eorumanjida), 매만지다 (maemanjida), 애무하다 (ko) (aemuhada)
- Kumyk: аявламакъ (ayawlamaq)
- Latin: palpō, mulceō, contrectō
- Latvian: glāstīt
- Luxembourgish: heemelen
- Macedonian: милува impf (miluva), гали impf (gali), мази (mazi)
- Maori: mori, morimori
- Persian: نوازش کردن (fa) (navâzeš kardan)
- Polish: pieścić (pl) impf, głaskać (pl) impf
- Portuguese: acariciar (pt)
- Quechua: waylluy (qu)
- Romanian: dezmierda (ro), alinta (ro), mângâia (ro)
- Russian: ласка́ть (ru) impf (laskátʹ), гла́дить (ru) impf (gláditʹ) (stroke gently), голу́бить (ru) impf (golúbitʹ), милова́ть (ru) impf (milovátʹ)
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese: accaritziai, carignai
- Logudorese: accarissiare, carignare
- Sassarese: carignà, imbirrià
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ми̏ловати impf
- Roman: mȉlovati (sh) impf
- Sicilian: allisciari (scn)
- Slovak: hladiť impf
- Slovene: ljubkovati (sl) impf, božati (sl) impf
- Spanish: acariciar (es)
- Swedish: smeka (sv)
- Thai: เชยชม (th) (chəəi-chom), เชย (chəəi)
- Turkish: okşamak (tr)
- Ukrainian: ласка́ти impf (laskáty), пе́стити impf (péstyty), пести́ти impf (pestýty), пе́стувати impf (péstuvaty), голу́бити impf (holúbyty), милува́ти impf (myluváty), гла́дити impf (hládyty) (stroke gently)
- Vietnamese: vuốt ve (vi), mơn trớn (vi)
- Volapük: löfülön (vo)
- Welsh: anwesu (cy), llochi
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