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Webster 1828 Edition

Fondle

FOND'LE

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Verb.

T.

To treat with tenderness; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

Definition 2024

fondle

fondle

English

Verb

fondle ‎(third-person singular simple present fondles, present participle fondling, simple past and past participle fondled)

To touch or stroke lovingly.
Mothers fondle their babies.
To grasp.
The lovers fondled each other.

Derived terms

References

“fondle” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Translations

to fondle

Albanian: ledhatoj (sq), përkëdhel (sq)
Arabic: لَاطَفَ ‎(lāṭafa), رَبَتَ ‎(rabata)
Bulgarian: милвам (bg) ‎(milvam), галя (bg) ‎(galja)
Catalan: acaronar (ca), acariciar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 愛撫 (zh), 爱抚 (zh) ‎(àifǔ)
Czech: laskat (cs)
Dutch: liefkozen (nl)
Esperanto: karesi (eo)
Finnish: hyväillä, kosketella (fi)
French: caresser (fr)
German: liebkosen (de), kosen (de)

Italian: accarezzare (it), avvinghiarsi
Japanese: 愛撫する (ja) ‎(あいぶする, aibu surú), かわいがる (ja) ‎(kawaigaru)
Korean: 어르다 (ko) ‎(eoreuda)
Maori: mori
Portuguese: acariciar (pt)
Romanian: dezmierda (ro), mângâia (ro)
Russian: ласка́ть (ru) impf ‎(laskátʹ), гла́дить (ru) impf ‎(gláditʹ) (stroke), ти́скать (ru) ‎(tískatʹ) (squeeze)
Slovene: crkljati
Spanish: acariciar (es)
Swedish: smeka (sv), kela med

See also

dandle
pet

Anagrams

enfold