caresse

French

noun

Definitions

caress; stroke

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian carezza (caress, dear).

Origin

Italian (Fiorentino)

carezza

Gloss

caress, dear

Concept

Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Property

Emoji

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

caress English
caressable English
caresser English
caresseth English
caressive English
karezza English
cārus Latin
carezza Italian
carezzare Italian
caro Italian
caresser French
caricia Spanish, Castilian
carícia Portuguese
karesi Esperanto
caressé Louisiana Creole French

caresser