délicater
French, verb/de.li.ka.te/
délicater is spelled D-É-L-I-C-A-T-E-R (9 letters). Délicater is a French verb meaning “"(ant.) to cocker, to fondle, to pamper"” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Traiter avec délicatesse, accoutumer à la mollesse”.
What does délicater mean in English?
verb
- 1
"(ant.) to cocker, to fondle, to pamper"
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Traiter avec délicatesse, accoutumer à la mollesse. 2. Se laisser aller à la mollesse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of délicater
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- délicatant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- délicaté participle past
- délicate first-person indicative present
- délicates indicative present second-person
- délicatons first-person indicative plural
- délicatez indicative plural present
- délicatent indicative plural present
- délicatais first-person imperfect indicative
- délicatait imperfect indicative singular
- délications first-person imperfect indicative
- délicatiez imperfect indicative plural
- délicataient imperfect indicative plural
- délicatai first-person historic indicative
- délicatas historic indicative past
- délicata historic indicative past
- délicatâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce délicater?
- /de.li.ka.te/
- \de.li.ka.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.