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elegancia

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See also: elegância

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin ēlegantia.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    elegancia f (plural elegancias)

    1. elegance
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    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin ēlegantia (elegance),[1] from ēligere (to choose). With -ancia ending.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈɛlɛɡɒnt͡sijɒ]
    • Hyphenation: ele‧gan‧cia
    • Rhymes: -jɒ

    Noun

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    elegancia (usually uncountable, plural eleganciák)

    1. elegance
      Synonyms: finomság, választékosság

    Declension

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    Possessive forms of elegancia
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. eleganciám eleganciáim
    2nd person sing. eleganciád eleganciáid
    3rd person sing. eleganciája eleganciái
    1st person plural eleganciánk eleganciáink
    2nd person plural eleganciátok eleganciáitok
    3rd person plural eleganciájuk eleganciáik
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    References

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    1. ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

    Further reading

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    • elegancia in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
    • elegancia in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin ēlegantia.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      elegancia f (plural elegancias)

      1. elegance
      2. smartness, stylishness
      3. refinement (of style)
        Synonym: refinamiento
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      Descendants

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      • Tagalog: elegansya

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