intimate

== English == === Pronunciation === Adjective, noun enPR: ĭn'tĭmət, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/ Verb enPR: ĭn'tĭmāt, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tɪ.meɪt/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin intimātus, the perfect passive participle of intimō (“to put or bring into, to impress, to make familiar”) (see -ate (adjective forming suffix)), from intimus (“inmost, innermost, most intimate”), superlative of intus (“within”), from in (“in”); see interior. ==== Adjective ==== intimate (comparative more intimate, superlative most intimate) Closely acquainted; familiar. Synonym: thick (informal) Of or involved in a sexual relationship. Personal; private. Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know Very finely mixed. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From a substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. ==== Noun ==== intimate (plural intimates) A very close friend. Synonyms: bosom buddy, bosom friend, cater-cousin (in the plural intimates) Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store. Synonym: intimate apparel ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Latin intimātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French intimer. ==== Verb ==== intimate (third-person singular simple present intimates, present participle intimating, simple past and past participle intimated) (ambitransitive) To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly. Synonym: hint (transitive, India) To notify. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Related terms === intimacy intimation === Further reading === “intimate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “intimate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === antitime == Esperanto == === Adverb === intimate present adverbial passive participle of intimi == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== intimate inflection of intimare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== intimate f pl feminine plural of intimato === Anagrams === Mainetti, imitante == Latin == === Verb === intimāte second-person plural present active imperative of intimō == Spanish == === Verb === intimate second-person singular voseo imperative of intimar combined with te