adorer
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Etymology
Noun
adorer (plural adorers)
- Someone who adores.
- Someone who worships.
- 1582, Gregory Martin (translator), The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, John 4.23, p. 226,
- But the houre commeth, and now it is, when the true adorers shal adore the Father in spirit and veritie.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 140-143:
- […] I in one Night freed / From servitude inglorious welnigh half / Th’ Angelic Name, and thinner left the throng / Of his adorers […]
- 1798, Thomas Paine, Atheism Refuted, London: J. Johnson, page 17:
- All men in the outset of the religion they profess are adorers of a God, and friends of man.
- Synonyms: devotee, worshipper
- 1582, Gregory Martin (translator), The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, John 4.23, p. 226,
- Someone who has a deep admiration, fondness or love (of someone or something).
- 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
- […] I profess myself her adorer, not her friend.
- 1732, George Berkeley, “The Sixth Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, section XXXII, page 122:
- I vvho profeſs my ſelf an Admirer, an Adorer of Reaſon, am obliged to ovvn, that in ſome Caſes the Sharpneſs of Ridicule can do more than the Strength of Argument.
- 1871, W. S. Gilbert, “Old Paul and Old Tim”, in More “Bab” Ballads, London: Routledge, published 1892, page 164:
- When rival adorers come courting a maid, / There’s something or other may often be said, / Why he should be pitched upon rather than him. / This wasn’t the case with Old Paul and Old Tim.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 13, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- The funny thing was that all the envelopes were addressed in the same hand, in green or sometimes purple capitals. It was like one crazed adorer laying siege to Leo.
- Synonym: admirer
- Someone who worships.
Translations
someone who adores
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
adorer (feminine adorera, masculine plural adorers, feminine plural adoreres)
Noun
adorer m (plural adorers, feminine adorera)
- native or inhabitant of Ador, Valencia, Spain (male or of unspecified gender)
Further reading
- “adorer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “adorer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “adorer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology
Inherited from Old French adorer, borrowed from Latin adōrāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
adorer
Conjugation
| infinitive | simple | adorer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | adorant /a.dɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | adoré /a.dɔ.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
adores /a.dɔʁ/ |
adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
adorons /a.dɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
adorez /a.dɔ.ʁe/ |
adorent /a.dɔʁ/ |
| imperfect | adorais /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/ |
adorais /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/ |
adorait /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/ |
adorions /a.dɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adoriez /a.dɔ.ʁje/ |
adoraient /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | adorai /a.dɔ.ʁe/ |
adoras /a.dɔ.ʁa/ |
adora /a.dɔ.ʁa/ |
adorâmes /a.dɔ.ʁam/ |
adorâtes /a.dɔ.ʁat/ |
adorèrent /a.dɔ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | adorerai /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
adoreras /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
adorera /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
adorerons /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
adorerez /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
adoreront /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | adorerais /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
adorerais /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
adorerait /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
adorerions /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adoreriez /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
adoreraient /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
adores /a.dɔʁ/ |
adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
adorions /a.dɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adoriez /a.dɔ.ʁje/ |
adorent /a.dɔʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | adorasse /a.dɔ.ʁas/ |
adorasses /a.dɔ.ʁas/ |
adorât /a.dɔ.ʁa/ |
adorassions /a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
adorassiez /a.dɔ.ʁa.sje/ |
adorassent /a.dɔ.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | adore /a.dɔʁ/ |
— | adorons /a.dɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
adorez /a.dɔ.ʁe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of adorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: adore
Further reading
- “adorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈdoː.rer/, [äˈd̪oːrɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈdo.rer/, [äˈd̪ɔːrer]
Verb
adōrer
Alternative forms
- adurer
- aürer
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adōrō, adōrāre. Doublet of aorer. The -d- was re-introduced from influence from Ecclesiastical Latin.
Verb
adorer
- (chiefly Christianity) to praise (usually God)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | adorer | avoir adoré | |||||
| gerund | en adorant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | adorant | ||||||
| past participle | adoré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | ador | adores | adore | adorons | adorez | adorent |
| imperfect | adoroie, adoreie, adoroe, adoreve | adoroies, adoreies, adoroes, adoreves | adoroit, adoreit, adorot, adoreve | adoriiens, adoriens | adoriiez, adoriez | adoroient, adoreient, adoroent, adorevent | |
| preterite | adorai | adoras | adora | adorames | adorastes | adorerent | |
| future | adorerai | adoreras | adorera | adorerons | adoreroiz, adorereiz, adorerez | adoreront | |
| conditional | adoreroie, adorereie | adoreroies, adorereies | adoreroit, adorereit | adoreriiens, adoreriens | adoreriiez, adoreriez | adoreroient, adorereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | ador | adors | adort | adorons | adorez | adorent |
| imperfect | adorasse | adorasses | adorast | adorissons, adorissiens | adorissoiz, adorissez, adorissiez | adorassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | adore | — | adorons | adorez | — | ||
Descendants
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