adorer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From adore +‎ -er.

Noun[edit]

adorer (plural adorers)

  1. Someone who adores.
    1. 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,[1]
        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, 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[2], 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
    2. 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[3], 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

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ador +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

adorer (feminine adorera, masculine plural adorers, feminine plural adoreres)

  1. of, from or relating to Ador, Valencia, Spain

Noun[edit]

adorer m (plural adorers, feminine adorera)

  1. native or inhabitant of Ador, Valencia, Spain (male or of unspecified gender)

Further reading[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French adorer, borrowed from Latin adōrāre.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a.dɔ.ʁe/
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Verb[edit]

adorer

  1. to love, to adore
  2. (religion) to worship

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of adorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Haitian Creole: adore

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

adōrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adōrō

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin adōrō, adōrāre. Doublet of aorer. The -d- was re-introduced from influence from Ecclesiastical Latin.

Verb[edit]

adorer

  1. (chiefly Christianity) to praise (usually God)

Conjugation[edit]

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.

    Conjugation of adorer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
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[edit]

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