cute
Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that…Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
» I heard Mary is really cute.
Я чув, що Мері дуже мила.
Я чула, що Мері дуже мила.
Meaning
6 sensesPossessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
Our reaction to cute attributes is understood as the way nature ensures mammals care for their young.
goldig, lieb, niedlich
ми́лыйmílyj, хоро́шенькийxoróšenʹkij, симпати́чныйsimpatíčnyj
ми́лийmýlyj, симпати́чнийsympatýčnyj
Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
Let's go to the mall and look for cute girls.
симпати́чныйsimpatíčnyj, привлека́тельныйprivlekátelʹnyj
прива́бливийpryváblyvyj, га́рнийhárnyj, гарню́нійharnjúnij
Sexually attractive or pleasing; gorgeous.
He's got such cute buns.
Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
The actor's performance was too cute for me. All that mugging to the audience killed the humor.
Don't get cute with me, boy!
obviously contrived to charm
Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)
Cute trick, but can you do it consistently?
кмітли́вийkmitlývyj, розу́мнийrozúmnyj
(especially)Evincing cleverness; surprising in its elegance or unconventionality (but of limited importance).
There's a cute alternative proof of this using lambda calculus.
Examples
1177 sentencesI heard Mary is really cute.
Я чув, що Мері дуже мила.
Mary is a really cute girl.
Мері дуже мила дівчина.
Tom said that Mary was cute.
Том сказав, що Мері гарна.
That girl is more cute than beautiful.
Дівчина скоріше мила, ніж гарна.
ruЭта девушка скорее симпатичная, чем красивая.
deDas Mädchen ist eher süß als schön.
Mary really is a very cute girl.
Мері насправді дуже мила дівчина.
Translations
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Origin
Aphetic form of acute, originally meaning “keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd” (1731)Aphetic form of acute, originally meaning “keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd” (1731). Meaning transferred to “pretty, fetching” by US students (slang) c. 1834. Meaning drifted further to describe the pleasing attraction to features usually possessed by the young.
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Forms
cuter, cutestSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- kind of cute
- cutest girl
- the cutest girl
- is really cute
- really cute
- is very cute
- a cute kid
- is so cute
- what a cute
- is cute but
- cute kid
- cutest girl in