adorer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English adore

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English adorer

From adore + -er.

Noun

adorer (plural adorers)

1. Someone who adores.

   Synonym: (uncommon) adorator

   1. Someone who worships.
      • 1582, Gregory Martin (translator), The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, John 4.23, p. 226,^[1]

        But the houre commeth, and now it is, when the true adorers shal adore the Father in spirit and veritie.

      • 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 140-143:

        […] I in one Night freed / From servitude inglorious welnigh half / Th’ Angelic Name, and thinner left the throng / Of his adorers […]

      • 1798, Thomas Paine, Atheism Refuted‎^[2], London: J. Johnson, page 17:

        All men in the outset of the religion they profess are adorers of a God, and friends of man.

      Synonyms: devotee, worshipper

   2. Someone who has a deep admiration, fondness or love (of someone or something).
      • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

        […] I profess myself her adorer, not her friend.

      • 1732, George Berkeley, “The Sixth Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, section XXXII, page 122:

        I vvho profeſs my ſelf an Admirer, an Adorer of Reaſon, am obliged to ovvn, that in ſome Caſes the Sharpneſs of Ridicule can do more than the Strength of Argument.

      • 1871, W. S. Gilbert, “Old Paul and Old Tim”, in More “Bab” Ballads‎^[3], London: Routledge, published 1892, page 164:

        When rival adorers come courting a maid, / There’s something or other may often be said, / Why he should be pitched upon rather than him. / This wasn’t the case with Old Paul and Old Tim.

      • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 13, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:

        The funny thing was that all the envelopes were addressed in the same hand, in green or sometimes purple capitals. It was like one crazed adorer laying siege to Leo.

      Synonym: admirer

Translations

someone who adores

• Catalan: adorador m
• Czech: zbožňovatel m
• Georgian: თაყვანისმცემელი (taq̇vanismcemeli), მოტრფიალე (moṭrpiale), მოთაყვანე (motaq̇vane), სატრფო (saṭrpo), მიჯნური (miǯnuri)
• Irish: adhraitheoir m
• Polish: adorator (pl) m, adoratorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: adorador (pt) m
• Spanish: adorador (es) m

Anagrams

• roader, roared

Catalan

Etymology

From Ador +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ə.ðuˈɾe̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ðoˈɾe]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ðuˈɾe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ðoˈɾeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.ðoˈɾe]

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Adjective

adorer (feminine adorera, masculine plural adorers, feminine plural adoreres)

1. of, from or relating to the municipality of Ador, Valencia, Spain

Noun

adorer m (plural adorers, feminine adorera, feminine plural adoreres)

1. native or inhabitant of the municipality of Ador, Valencia, Spain (usually male)

Further reading

• “adorer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “adorer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “adorer”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French adorer, borrowed from Latin adōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

adorer

1. to love, to adore
2. (religion) to worship

Conjugation

Conjugation of adorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	adorer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	adorant /a.dɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		adoré /a.dɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	adore /a.dɔʁ/	adores /a.dɔʁ/	adore /a.dɔʁ/	adorons /a.dɔ.ʁɔ̃/	adorez /a.dɔ.ʁe/	adorent /a.dɔʁ/
	imperfect	adorais /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/	adorais /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/	adorait /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/	adorions /a.dɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	adoriez /a.dɔ.ʁje/	adoraient /a.dɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	adorai /a.dɔ.ʁe/	adoras /a.dɔ.ʁa/	adora /a.dɔ.ʁa/	adorâmes /a.dɔ.ʁam/	adorâtes /a.dɔ.ʁat/	adorèrent /a.dɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	adorerai /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	adoreras /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	adorera /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	adorerons /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	adorerez /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	adoreront /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	adorerais /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	adorerais /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	adorerait /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	adorerions /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	adoreriez /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	adoreraient /a.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	adore /a.dɔʁ/	adores /a.dɔʁ/	adore /a.dɔʁ/	adorions /a.dɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	adoriez /a.dɔ.ʁje/	adorent /a.dɔʁ/
	imperfect2	adorasse /a.dɔ.ʁas/	adorasses /a.dɔ.ʁas/	adorât /a.dɔ.ʁa/	adorassions /a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	adorassiez /a.dɔ.ʁa.sje/	adorassent /a.dɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	adore /a.dɔʁ/	—	adorons /a.dɔ.ʁɔ̃/	adorez /a.dɔ.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• adorable
• adorateur
• adoration

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: adore
• → Romanian: adora

Further reading

• “adorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• dorera, rodera, rôdera

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈdoː.rɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈdɔː.rer]

Verb

adōrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adōrō

Old French

Alternative forms

• adurer
• aürer

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adōrō, adōrāre. Doublet of aorer. The -d- was re-introduced from influence from Ecclesiastical Latin.

Verb

adorer

1. (chiefly Christianity) to praise (usually God)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of adorer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		adorer			avoir adoré
gerund		en adorant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		adorant
past participle		adoré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	ador	adores	adore	adorons	adorez	adorent
	imperfect	adoroie, adoreie, adoroe, adoreve	adoroies, adoreies, adoroes, adoreves	adoroit, adoreit, adorot, adoreve	adoriiens, adoriens	adoriiez, adoriez	adoroient, adoreient, adoroent, adorevent
	preterite	adorai	adoras	adora	adorames	adorastes	adorerent
	future	adorerai	adoreras	adorera	adorerons	adoreroiz, adorereiz, adorerez	adoreront
	conditional	adoreroie, adorereie	adoreroies, adorereies	adoreroit, adorereit	adoreriiens, adoreriens	adoreriiez, adoreriez	adoreroient, adorereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	ador	adors	adort	adorons	adorez	adorent
	imperfect	adorasse	adorasses	adorast	adorissons, adorissiens	adorissoiz, adorissez, adorissiez	adorassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	adore	—	adorons	adorez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: adorer
  • French: adorer
    • Haitian Creole: adore
    • → Romanian: adora
  • → Dutch: adoreren
• → Middle English: adoren
  • English: adore