admire

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English admyren, borrowed from Middle French admirer, from Latin admīror, from ad + mīror (“wonder at”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədˈmaɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ədˈmaɪɹ/ (Canada, idle-idol split) IPA(key): /ədˈmʌɪɹ/ Hyphenation: ad‧mire Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) === Verb === admire (third-person singular simple present admires, present participle admiring, simple past and past participle admired) (obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at. (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight. (transitive) To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence. (transitive) To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem. (US, dialectal, rare) To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something). (Sometimes followed by to.) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === armied, Dimare, admier, raimed, mierda, Merida, Mérida == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adˈmire/ Rhymes: -ire Syllabification: ad‧mi‧re === Adverb === admire admiringly == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === admire inflection of admirer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === damier, médira, merdai, Mérida == Galician == === Verb === admire inflection of admirar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Verb === admire inflection of admirar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [adˈmire] === Verb === admire third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of admira == Scots == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ədˈmaɪr/ === Verb === admire (third-person singular simple present admires, present participle admirin, simple past and past participle admired) to admire, marvel at (Shetland) to surprise, astonish === References === “admire, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adˈmiɾe/ [að̞ˈmi.ɾe] Rhymes: -iɾe Syllabification: ad‧mi‧re === Verb === admire inflection of admirar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Anagrams === mierda