douceur
French
noun
Definitions
- softness, tenderness
- sweetness
Etymology
Inherited from Old French dolçor inherited from Latin dulcor, dulcōrem, dulcis (sweet, pleasant).
Origin
Latin
dulcis
Gloss
sweet, pleasant
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- douceur English
- dulcour English
- dulcamarus Latin
- dulcedo Latin
- dulcesco Latin
- dulcifer Latin
- dulcifico Latin
- dulcis Latin
- dulcitas Latin
- dulciter Latin
- dulco Latin
- dulcor Latin
- dulcor, dulcōrem Latin
- dulcō Latin
- doucereusement French
- doucereux French
- dulce Spanish, Castilian
- *dl̥kú- Proto-Indo-European
- douceoure Middle English
- dolz Old French
- dolçor Old French
- doucet Old French
- dous Old French
- dulcoare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- doux Middle French
- dolçôr Friulian
- dousor Old Occitan
- dulse Ladino