Complete Definition of "admiration"

English

Etymology
From F. < L. admiratio, from prefix ad-, "to", + mirare, "look at", + noun of action suffix -tio. See admire.

Pronunciation
a|WEAE IPA|/�æd.m��eɪ.��n/
audio|en-us-admiration.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|eɪ��n

Noun
en-noun

  1. wonder|Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.
  2. obsolete wonder|Wonder or questioning, without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject.

#* Lear: Your name, faire Gentlewoman? <br> Gonerill: This admiration Sir, is much o'th' savour <br> Of other your new prankes. &mdash; w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, w:King Lear|King Lear, I.ii.

Synonyms
wonder
approval
appreciation
adoration
reverence
worship

Derived terms
admirative
admiratively

Translations
trans-top|adoration; appreciation
Albanian: admirim
Arabic: ARchar|اعجاب|إعجاب (�i�j�b) m
Azeri: valeh olma
Bosnian: divljenje n
Bulgarian: в�з�и�ение (v�zhi�enie) n
Chinese: �� (zàn sh�ng)
Croatian: divljenje n
Czech: obdiv m
Dutch: bewondering f
Esperanto: admiro
Estonian: imetlus
Finnish: ihailu
French: admiration f
Frisian: bewûndering
German: Bewunderung f
Greek: θα�μα�μ�� (thaumasmós) m
Hebrew: פ��|פֶּ�ֶ� (pele) m
Hungarian: bámulás
Italian: ammirazione f
Japanese: �� (�����) (sh�san); �� (kanshin)
Korean: �� (gamtan)
trans-mid
Latin: admiratio f
Latvian: apbrīna
Mongolian: гай�ал (gajhal)
Norwegian: beundring
Papiamentu: atmirashon
Persian: FAchar|تحس�� (takhsīn)
Polish: podziw m
Portuguese: admiração f
Romanian: admiraţie f
Russian: во��и�ение (vosxiš�énije) n
Serbian: див�е�е (divljenje) n
Slovak: obdiv m
Spanish: admiración f
Swahili: abos
Swedish: beundran
Tagalog: paghanga
Thai: THchar|�าร�ื���ม (gaan chêun chom)
Turkish: hayranlık
Ukrainian: за�опленн� (zahóplennja) f
Vietnamese: sự khâm phục
Welsh: edmygedd
trans-bottom


French

Noun
fr-noun|f

  1. admiration#English|admiration

#: Plein d�admiration pour son adversaire, chacun lève sa propre visière : "Elsseneur ! ...", "Réginald ! ..." (Les Chants de Maldoror - Chant V) - Full of admiration for its enemy, ...

ar:admiration
et:admiration
el:admiration
fr:admiration
gl:admiration
io:admiration
id:admiration
hu:admiration
pl:admiration
pt:admiration
ru:admiration
fi:admiration
te:admiration
vi:admiration

Revision and Credits for"admiration"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.