sophisticated

English

Etymology

First English usage circa 1601. (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin sophisticatus.

Adjective

sophisticated (comparative more sophisticated, superlative most sophisticated)

1. Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.
2. Elegant, refined.
3. Complicated, especially of complex technology.
4. Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
5. (obsolete, UK) Dishonest or misleading.
6. (obsolete, UK) Impure; adulterated.

Synonyms

• (having obtained worldly experience): worldly
• (elegant, refined): refined

Antonyms

• (having obtained worldly experience): provincial

Related terms

• sophisticate
• sophist
• sophistry
• philosophy

Translations

having obtained worldly experience

• Catalan: sofisticat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有经验的

• Dutch: wereldwijs (nl)
• Finnish: hienostunut (fi)
• French: cosmopolite (fr) m or f
• German: erfahren (de), weltgewandt, kultiviert (de)
• Greek: έμπειρος (el) m (émpeiros), πολύπειρος (el) m (polýpeiros)
• Italian: sofisticato (it)
• Latin: urbānus (la)
• Macedonian: запознаен m (zapoznaen), способен m (sposoben), искусен m (iskusen)
• Maori: mātanga
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sofistikert (no)

  Nynorsk: sofistikert

• Polish: obyty m
• Portuguese: sofisticado (pt) m
• Romanian: sofisticat (ro)
• Russian: искушённый (ru) (iskušónnyj), умудрённый (ru) (umudrjónnyj), о́пытный (ru) (ópytnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: sofisticiran (sh) m, prefinjen m, iskusan (sh), vješt (sh)
• Spanish: de mundo, sofisticado (es)
• Swedish: världsvan (sv), erfaren (sv)

elegant, refined

• French: chic (fr) m or f, raffiné (fr) m, mondain (fr) m, sophistiqué (fr) m
• Greek: κομψός (el) m (kompsós), εκλεπτυσμένος (el) m (ekleptysménos)

  Ancient: ἀστεῖος (asteîos)

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• Hungarian: kifinomult (hu)
• Latin: urbānus (la)
• Portuguese: sofisticado (pt), requintado

complicated, especially of technology

• Belarusian: мудрагелісты m (mudrahjelisty)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 先进的

• Czech: sofistikovaný (cs)
• Dutch: geperfectioneerd (nl)
• Finnish: monimutkainen (fi)
• French: sophistiqué (fr) m
• German: hochentwickelt, raffiniert (de), ausgeklügelt (de)
• Greek: σύνθετος (el) m (sýnthetos), πολύπλοκος (el) m (polýplokos)

  Ancient: πολύπλοκος (polúplokos)

• Hungarian: kifinomult (hu)
• Italian: sofisticato (it)
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• Korean: 정교한 (jeonggyohan)
• Macedonian: сложен (mk) m (složen)
• Maori: marutuna
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sofistikert (no)

  Nynorsk: sofistikert

• Persian: پیشرفته (fa) (piš-rafte)
• Polish: złożony (pl) m, skomplikowany (pl) m
• Portuguese: sofisticado (pt)
• Romanian: sofisticat (ro), complicat (ro) m or n
• Russian: сло́жный (ru) (slóžnyj), мудрёный (ru) (mudrjónyj), замыслова́тый (ru) (zamyslovátyj)
• Spanish: sofisticado (es), complejo (es), complicado (es), elaborado (es)

appealing to the tastes of an intellectual

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精炼的

• Finnish: hienostunut (fi), sivistynyt (fi)
• French: sophistiqué (fr) m
• German: raffiniert (de)
• Greek: εγκεφαλικός (el) m (egkefalikós)
• Italian: sofisticato (it)
• Macedonian: префинет m (prefinet)
• Maori: mātanga
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sofistikert (no)

  Nynorsk: sofistikert

• Polish: wyszukany (pl) m, wyrafinowany (pl) m, wymyślny m
• Portuguese: sofisticado (pt)
• Romanian: rafinat (ro), elegant (ro), sofisticat (ro)
• Russian: утончённый (ru) (utončónnyj), изощрённый (ru) (izoščrjónnyj)
• Spanish: refinado (es), elegante (es), sofisticado (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} mondän (de)
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} ionnsaichte, ^{(please verify)} iùlmhor, ^{(please verify)} grinn, ^{(please verify)} foghlaimte
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} erudito (es)

Verb

sophisticated

1. simple past and past participle of sophisticate

References

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997