# adorable

Pronunciation: say "uh-DOR-uh-buhl" US /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/, UK /əˈdɔːɹəbəl/

## Adjective

1. So cute or lovable that it deserves to be adored.
   - Simple: Very cute and easy to love.
   - _The shelter posted photos of an adorable puppy with one floppy ear._
   - _Her little brother looked adorable in his oversized rain boots._

## Origin

Borrowed from French adorable, from adorer + -able; adorer comes from Old French aorer, from Latin adōrāre, formed from ad + ōrāre. By surface analysis it is adore + -able.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/adorable (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).