admirer

== English == === Etymology === From admire +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ədˈmaɪ.ɹə/ (US) IPA(key): /ædˈmaɪ.ɹɚ/ Rhymes: -aɪəɹə(ɹ) === Noun === admirer (plural admirers) One who admires. One who is romantically attracted to someone. ==== Derived terms ==== nonadmirer secret admirer ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === madrier, mardier, married == French == === Etymology === From Middle French admirer, relatinized spelling of older amirer (14th c.), borrowed from Latin admīrārī. The restored ⟨d⟩ was silent at first, but came to be pronounced since at least the 18th century. Cognate with Catalan admirar, Corsican ammirate, Galician admirar, Italian ammirare, Occitan admirar, Portuguese admirar, Romanian admira, Sardinian ammirai, ammirare, Sicilian ammirari, Spanish admirar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ad.mi.ʁe/ === Verb === admirer to admire ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== admiration ==== Descendants ==== → Franco-Provençal: admirar === Further reading === “admirer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === madrier == Latin == === Verb === admīrer first-person singular present active subjunctive of admīror