In Russian, the words for "caress, endearment" and "least weasel" are homonymous and possibly related etymologically.
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Caress
//kəˈɹɛs//
Synonyms for "caress" (119 found)
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151 translations across 54 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- ledhatoj verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- përkëdhel verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ψαῦσμα noun (gentle stroking)
- ἔφαψις noun (gentle stroking)
Arabic
1 entries- لَاطَفَ verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Armenian
2 entries- գգվել verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- շոյել verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- sığal noun (gentle stroking)
- nazlamaq verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- nəvaziş etmək verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- oxşamaq verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Belarusian
4 entries- ла́ска noun (endearment)
- галубі́ць verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- гла́дзіць verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- ла́шчыць verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Bikol Central
3 entries- hapros noun (endearment)
- hapros noun (gentle stroking)
- hapros verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Bulgarian
3 entries- милувка noun (gentle stroking)
- ласка́я verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- ми́лвам verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Campidanese Sardinian
2 entries- accaritziai verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- carignai verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Catalan
2 entries- acariciar verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- acaronar verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 愛撫 /爱抚 verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Czech
3 entries- hladit verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- laskat verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- pohladit verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Danish
1 entries- kærtegne verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Dutch
3 entries- strelen noun (endearment)
- strelen noun (gentle stroking)
- liefkozen verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Esperanto
3 entries- kareso noun (gentle stroking)
- (pri tuŝado) karesi verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- intimumi verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Finnish
1 entries- hyväillä verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
French
1 entries- caresser verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Galician
4 entries- caricia noun (gentle stroking)
- cariño noun (gentle stroking)
- acariciar verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- acariñar verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Gallurese
2 entries- accaritzà verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- carignà verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
German
4 entries- Liebkosung noun (endearment)
- Streicheln noun (gentle stroking)
- Umarmung noun (endearment)
- kosen verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Greek
2 entries- θωπεύω verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- χαϊδεύω verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Hindi
4 entries- दुलारना verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- पुचकारना verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- प्यार करना verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- लाड़ करना verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Hungarian
4 entries- cirógatás noun (gentle stroking)
- dédelgetés noun (endearment)
- gyengédség noun (endearment)
- kedveskedés noun (endearment)
Indonesian
2 entries- elus verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- membelai verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Irish
2 entries- muirnigh verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- slíoc verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Italian
1 entries- accarezzare verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Japanese
2 entries- 愛撫 noun (gentle stroking)
- 愛撫する verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Korean
4 entries- 애무 noun (gentle stroking)
- 매만지다 verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- 애무하다 verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- 어루만지다 verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Kumyk
1 entries- аявламакъ verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Latin
3 entries- contrectō verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- mulceō verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- palpō verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Latvian
1 entries- glāstīt verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- heemelen verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Macedonian
3 entries- гали verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- мази verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- милува verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Māori
2 entries- mori verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- morimori verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Persian
1 entries- نوازش کردن verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Polish
3 entries- pieszczota noun (endearment)
- głaskać verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- pieścić verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Portuguese
1 entries- acariciar verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Quechua
1 entries- waylluy verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Romanian
3 entries- alinta verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- dezmierda verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- mângâia verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Russian
4 entries- ла́ска noun (endearment)
- ла́ска noun (gentle stroking)
- погла́живание noun (gentle stroking)
- гла́дить verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Sardinian
2 entries- accarissiare verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- carignare verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Sassarese
2 entries- carignà verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- imbirrià verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mȉlovati verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- ми̏ловати verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Sicilian
1 entries- allisciari verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Slovak
1 entries- hladiť verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Slovene
2 entries- božati verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- ljubkovati verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Spanish
4 entries- carantoña noun (gentle stroking)
- caricia noun (gentle stroking)
- acariciar verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- apapachar verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Swedish
1 entries- smeka verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Thai
2 entries- เชย verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- เชยชม verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Turkish
1 entries- okşamak verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ла́ска noun (endearment)
- гла́дити verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- голу́бити verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- ласка́ти verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Vietnamese
2 entries- mơn trớn verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
- vuốt ve verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Volapük
1 entries- löfülön verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Welsh
4 entries- anwes noun (gentle stroking)
- llawch noun (endearment)
- llawch noun (gentle stroking)
- anwesu verb (touch or kiss lovingly)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
They caress the pussycat.
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Tom and Mary kiss and caress each other.
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A caress, a word, an image, each life experience leaves a mark on the brain.
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