delicacy

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈdɛlɪkəsi/

Noun

delicacy

1. The quality of being delicate.
2. Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement -a Chinese delicacy
3. Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
4. Frailty of health or fitness.
5. Refinement in taste or discrimination.
6. Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.

Translations

• French: délicatesse
• German: Feinheit, Zartheit
• Italian: delicatezza
• Portuguese: delicadeza
• Russian: делика́тность
• Spanish: fineza, delicadeza, fragilidad

Translations

• French: gourmandise
• German: Delikatesse, Leckerbissen, Köstlichkeit
• Italian: prelibatezza, leccornia, squisitezza
• Portuguese: iguaria, guloseima
• Russian: деликате́с
• Spanish: exquisitez, golosina, manjar

Translations

• Portuguese: fineza
• Russian: утончённость
• Spanish: fineza

Translations

• Portuguese: refinamento, fineza
• Russian: утончённость

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