Word Frequency
cute (kjuːt
)
Definitions
adjective
- appealing or attractive, esp in a pretty way
- (mainly US, informal) sexually attractive
- (informal) affecting cleverness or prettiness
- clever; shrewd
Derived Forms
ˈcutely adverbˈcuteness noun
Word Origin
C18 (in the sense: clever): shortened from acuteTranslations for 'cute'
- British English: cute Cute means pretty or attractive.Oh, look at that puppy! He's so cute.kjuːt ADJECTIVE
- Arabic: جَذَّاب
- Brazilian Portuguese: encantador encantadora
- Chinese: 可爱的
- Croatian: dražestan dražesna, dražesno
- Czech: roztomilý
- Danish: sød
- Dutch: schattig
- European Spanish: mono mona
- Finnish: söpö
- French: mignon
- German: niedlich
- Greek: χαριτωμένος χαριτωμένη
- Italian: carino carina
- Japanese: かわいい
- Korean: 귀여운
- Norwegian: søtattraktiv
- Polish: ładny ładna
- Portuguese: encantador encantadora
- Romanian: drăguț drăguț, drăguță, drăguți, drăguțe
- Russian: милый милая
- Spanish: mono monabonito
- Swedish: gullig gulligt
- Thai: น่ารัก
- Turkish: sevimli
- Ukrainian: милий
- Vietnamese: đáng yêu
Example Sentences Including 'cute'
'Hey, cute teddy,' said Hollis, eliciting a satisfying scowl from Edward.AMAGANSETT (2004)
But be careful with hot-pants style bottoms - they only look cute if you're slim.Sun, News of the World (2001)
He could look cute in boxer shorts... Back in Peter's office, nothing had changed.A Means to Evil
He said a wonderful thing to me, it was so cute , at the last convention in Las Vegas.ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING: How we tried to make the greatest porn film ever (2002)
In general, Telus Mobility advertising does well with its simple colours and cute animals.Globe and Mail (2003)
It features the members of American Head Charge morphed (using the latest video technology) into cute liddle baby seals.NME (New Musical Express) (2002)
Or, actually, a teenaged Slayer was defying her Watcher by dating a cute guy rather than fighting the forces of darkness.Globe and Mail (2003)
Set during World War II, there are some wonderfully authentic period scenes, with men in uniform and women in cute forties dresses.Sun, News of the World (2001)
You're too short to stand by the delivery table; you'd bump your cute nose, sweetie.Anastasia Krupnik (3-in-1)
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