Affectionate

==English==
===Etymology 1===
Partly from , partly from + .
====Pronunciation====
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====Adjective====
# Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.
# Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.
=====Synonyms=====
* tender; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.
* See also Wikisaurus:affectionate
=====Derived terms=====
* affectionately
=====Related terms=====
* affect
* affectation
* affecter
* affective
* affection
=====Translations=====
* Bulgarian: любящ , нежен
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* Finnish: , 
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* Finnish: hellä, rakastava
===Etymology 2===
Either from the adjective, or from + (modelled on Middle French ).
====Pronunciation====
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====Verb====
# To show affection to; to have affection for.
# To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
#* 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 21:
#*: Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that [...etc.]
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