cute

cute  (kyt)

adj. cut·er, cut·est

1. Delightfully pretty or dainty.

2. Obviously contrived to charm; precious: "[He] mugs so ferociously he kills the humorit's an insufferably cute performance" (David Ansen).

3. Shrewd; clever.

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[Short for acute.]

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cutely adv.

cuteness n.

Word History: Cute is a good example of how a shortened form of a word can take on a life of its own, developing a sense that dissociates it from the longer word from which it was derived. Cute was originally a shortened form of acute in the sense "keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd." In this sense cute is first recorded in a dictionary published in 1731. Probably cute came to be used as a term of approbation for things demonstrating acuteness, and so it went on to develop its own sense of "pretty, fetching," first recorded with reference to "gals" in 1838.

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cute [kjuːt]

adj

1. appealing or attractive, esp in a pretty way

2. Informal affecting cleverness or prettiness

3. clever; shrewd

[C18 (in the sense: clever): shortened from acute]

cutely  adv

cuteness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	cute - attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" cunning attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"
	2.	cute - obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms" precious artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"

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cute

adjective appealing, sweet, attractive, engaging, charming, delightful, lovable, winsome, winning, cutesy (informal, chiefly U.S.) a cute little baby

Translations

cute [kjuːt] ADJ

1. (= sweet) [face, animal, baby] → lindo, precioso, mono, rico; [person] → guapo
isn't he cute! (= baby) → ¡qué lindo es!, ¡qué mono or rico es!; (= pet) → ¡qué lindo es!, ¡qué mono or rico es!, ¡es una monada or monería!; (= man) → ¡es guapísimo!

2. (esp US) (= clever) → listo, vivo(LAm); (= affecting prettiness etc) → presumido

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cute [ˈkjuːt] adj

(= sweet) [child, kitten, picture] → mignon(ne), adorable

(= attractive) [man, woman] → mignon(ne)

(= clever) → malin/igne

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cute

adj (+er)

(inf: = sweet) → süß, niedlich

(esp US inf: = clever) idea, gadget → dufte (inf), → prima (inf); (= shrewd) person, move → schlau, gerissen, clever (inf); that was pretty cute of him → das hat er ganz schön schlau hingekriegt (inf)

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cute [kjuːt] adj (esp Am) (sweet) → carino/a, grazioso/a; (clever) → furbo/a, astuto/a

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cute [kjuːt] adj (esp Am) (sweet) → carino/a, grazioso/a; (clever) → furbo/a, astuto/a

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cute

adj cute [kjuːt]

1 (especially American) attractive or pleasing in any way a cute baby. oulik ذَكي، لطيف، حاد الذِّهن сладък rozkošný kær; sød; nuttet niedlich χαριτωμένος lindo, precioso sulnis بامزه؛ ملیح suloinen mignon חָמוּד अतिसुन्दर dražestan helyes manis sætur, indæll grazioso かわいい 귀여운 mielas, žavus pievilcīgs comel lief søt, tiltalende, deilig, yndig fajny giro drăguţ прелестный rozkošný privlačen sladak söt, näpen, gullig น่ารัก sevimli 可愛的 милий; привабливий خوبصورت، دلكش đáng yêu 逗人喜爱的

2 cunningly clever You think you're pretty cute, don't you! oulik حاد الذَكاء съобразителен vychytralý smart; fiffig niedlich ξύπνιος listo terane ناقلا؛ زیرک ovela malin פִּקֵח चालाक prepreden agyafúrt cerdik sniðugur astuto 利口な 영리한 gudrus, sąmojingas gudrs; apķērīgs; viltīgs bijak slim skarp(sindig), lur og flink bystry, cwany esperto şmecher остроумный prefíkaný prebrisan lukav fyndig, klipsk, fiffig เฉลียวฉลาด zeki 聰明伶俐的 кмітливий; спритний ذكى، تيز فهم lanh lợi 聪明伶俐的

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cute → حَذِق roztomilý sød niedlich χαριτωμένος mono söpö mignon zgodan carino かわいい 귀여운 schattig søt ładny encantador милый gullig น่ารัก sevimli ngộ nghĩnh 可爱的