elegant

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle French elegant, ultimately from Latin elegans.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛl.ə.ɡənt/

Adjective

elegant (comparative more elegant, superlative most elegant)

1. Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
2. Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.

   an elegant solution

Synonyms

• classy
• graceful

Derived terms

• elegance

Translations

exhibiting elegance

Bulgarian: елегантен, изискан (bg) Catalan: elegant (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 典雅 (zh) (diǎnyǎ), 優雅 (zh), 优雅 (zh) (yōuyǎ), 文雅 (zh) (wényǎ), 精美 (zh) (jīngměi), 風雅 (zh), 风雅 (zh) (fēngyǎ), 高雅的 (zh) (gāoyǎ de) Czech: elegantní (cs) Danish: elegant (da) Dutch: elegant (nl), sierlijk (nl), gracieus (nl) Finnish: elegantti (fi) French: élégant (fr) German: elegant (de) Greek: κομψός (el) Hungarian: elegáns (hu), előkelő (hu)

Italian: elegante (it) Japanese: 優雅な (ja) (ゆうがな, yūga-na), 立派な (ja) (りっぱな, rippa-na), 高雅な (ja) (こうがな, kōga-na), 典雅な (ja) (てんがな, tenga-na) Korean: 우아한 (ko) (uahan) Kurdish: Sorani: شۆخ (ku) (shokh) Portuguese: elegante (pt) Russian: элегантный (ru) (elegántnyj), шикарный (ru) (šikárnyj), изящный (ru) (izjáščnyj) Serbian: elegantno (sr) Spanish: elegante (es), chic (es) Turkish: zarif (tr), kibar (tr), şık (tr) Urdu: شائسته

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

elegant m. and f. (plural elegants)

1. elegant

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Danish

Etymology

From French élégant, from Latin ēlegāns.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /eləɡant/, [eləˈɡ̊anˀd̥]

Adjective

elegant (neuter elegant, definite and plural elegante, comparative elegantere, superlative elegantest)

1. elegant, smart
2. elegant, neat
3. (adverbial) elegantly, smartly, neatly

Derived terms

• uelegant

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French elegant.

Pronunciation

• (Southern) IPA: /eləˈɣɑnt/
• (Northern) IPA: /eləˈxɑnt/

Adjective

elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative elegantst)

1. elegant

Synonyms

• sierlijk
• gracieus

Antonyms

• lomp
• plomp

Derived terms

• elegantie

Anagrams

• gelaten

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German

Etymology

From Middle French elegant.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative am elegantesten)

1. elegant

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Middle French

Adjective

elegant m. (feminine singular elegante, masculine plural elegants, feminine plural elegantes)

1. elegant