affectionate

Etymology 1
Partly from, partly from +. .

Adjective

 * 1)  Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
 * She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
 * 1)  Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
 * the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language
 * 1)  ; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.
 * 1)  ; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.

Synonyms

 * ; lovesome; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.
 * See also Thesaurus:affectionate

Translations

 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: любящ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 友愛
 * Hokkien: 友愛
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: kærlig
 * Esperanto:, amema, amplena
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: afectuoso
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: ceanúil, cionmhar, grámhar, caithiseach, muirneach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 人懐っこい
 * Latin: affectuosus
 * Latvian: mīlīgs
 * Macedonian: не́жен, чувстви́телен
 * Maori: matatau, mateoha
 * Polish:, kochający
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, canayakın


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Latvian: mīlīgs
 * Macedonian: не́жен
 * Polish:, kochający
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Scottish Gaelic:, , , , , , , , , , ,

Etymology 2
Either from the adjective, or from +  (modelled on Middle French ).

Verb

 * 1)  To show affection to; to have affection for.
 * 2)  To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
 * , Folio Society, 2006, p.21:
 * Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that.
 * 1) * 1838 February 1,, To Catherine Dickens, 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, |%22affectionated%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8toFUeSeGMapkgX4p4CIDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22affectionating%22|%22affectionated%22&f=false page 41,
 * Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband
 * CHARLES DICKENS
 * CHARLES DICKENS