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délicat

/de.li.ka/

adjective/de.li.ka/

delicate; refined, elegant, proper; difficult, tricky; sensitive, thorny

Des gens ont tendance à dire que ce n’est pas très délicat de saucer son plat avec du pain.Some people tend to say that it is not very refined to mop up a dish with bread.

Synonyms: fin, raffiné, fragile, difficile, sensible, élégant, correct

Inherited from Middle French delicat, borrowed from Latin dēlicātus.

délicat — French Dictionary | Passage