English Dictionary

cute

IPA（発音記号）

/kjuːt/

形容詞

特に

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.

日本語の意味

愛らしい、可愛い。外見や仕草、性格などが幼児や小動物のように、丸みを帯びたり大きな目や無邪気さを感じさせる様子を表す。 / チャーミングで、柔らかく親しみやすい印象を与える。

The cute kitten curled up in my lap and purred softly.

かわいい子猫が私の膝の上で丸くなって静かにゴロゴロと喉を鳴らした。

意味（1）

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.

Our reaction to cute attributes is understood as the way nature ensures mammals care for their young.

意味（2）

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.

意味（3）

Sexually attractive or pleasing; gorgeous.

He's got such cute buns.

意味（4）

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.

意味（5）

Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)

Then Turpin being so very cute, He hid his money in his boot.

意味（6）

(especially mathematics) Evincing cleverness; surprising in its elegance or unconventionality (but of limited importance).

There's a cute alternative proof of this using lambda calculus.

cuter （ comparative ）

cutest （ superlative ）