stylish

English

Alternative forms

• stilish (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English style

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-isk

Old English -isċ

Middle English -ish

English -ish

English stylish

From style + -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪlɪʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

stylish (comparative more stylish, superlative most stylish)

1. Having style.
2. Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress.

   Synonym: chic

   Antonym: unstylish

   • 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XXX, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:

     “ […] Did you ever see her? a smart, stylish girl they say, but not handsome. […] ”

   • 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter LVI, in Middlemarch […], volume III, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book VI, page 257:

     […] and that her darling boy, with his beautiful face and stylish air “beyond anybody else’s son in Middlemarch,” would be sure to get like that family in plainness of appearance and carelessness about his clothes.

   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter LV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume III, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the seventh (Fulfilment), page 234:

     “That’s it!” cried Clare, pleased to think that she had reverted to the real pronunciation. “What place is The Herons?”
     “A stylish lodging-house. ’Tis all lodging-houses here, bless ’ee.”

   • 1905, Edith Wharton, chapter XIII, in The House of Mirth, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:

     But I presume he was too stylish for me—he travelled for the firm, and had seen a great deal of society.

3. (film) Having a particular directing style or cinematography.

Derived terms

• stylishly
• stylishness
• superstylish
• unstylish

Descendants

• → German: stylisch

Translations

having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress — see also dapper,‎ prim,‎ snazzy,‎ elegant

• Bulgarian: стилен (bg) (stilen), елегантен (bg) (eleganten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優雅 / 优雅 (zh) (yōuyǎ), 高雅 (zh) (gāoyǎ)

• Czech: stylový, elegantní
• Dutch: stijlvol (nl)
• Estonian: maitsekas
• Finnish: tyylikäs (fi)
• French: élégant (fr), stylé (fr)
• Galician: elegante (gl) m or f
• German: stilvoll (de), elegant (de), stylisch (de), stylish (de)
• Hungarian: ízléses (hu), elegáns (hu), divatos (hu)
• Indonesian: bergaya (id)
• Irish: galánta
• Latin: auctor (la)
• Māori: tōrire
• Plautdietsch: schekjlich
• Polish: stylowy (pl)
• Portuguese: estiloso
• Romanian: elegant (ro), stilat (ro)
• Russian: стильный (ru) (stilʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: fasanta
• Spanish: estiloso, glaxo (obsolescent, Colombia), chingo (es), chango (es)
• Tamil: ஸ்டைலான (sṭailāṉa)
• Ukrainian: сти́льний (stýlʹnyj)

Anagrams

• hylists

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English stylish.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

stylish (strong nominative masculine singular stylisher, comparative stylisher, superlative am stylishsten)

1. (less common) alternative form of stylisch

Declension

Positive forms of stylish

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist stylish	sie ist stylish	es ist stylish	sie sind stylish
strong declension (without article)	nominative	stylisher	stylishe	stylishes	stylishe
	genitive	stylishen	stylisher	stylishen	stylisher
	dative	stylishem	stylisher	stylishem	stylishen
	accusative	stylishen	stylishe	stylishes	stylishe
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der stylishe	die stylishe	das stylishe	die stylishen
	genitive	des stylishen	der stylishen	des stylishen	der stylishen
	dative	dem stylishen	der stylishen	dem stylishen	den stylishen
	accusative	den stylishen	die stylishe	das stylishe	die stylishen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein stylisher	eine stylishe	ein stylishes	(keine) stylishen
	genitive	eines stylishen	einer stylishen	eines stylishen	(keiner) stylishen
	dative	einem stylishen	einer stylishen	einem stylishen	(keinen) stylishen
	accusative	einen stylishen	eine stylishe	ein stylishes	(keine) stylishen

Comparative forms of stylish

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist stylisher	sie ist stylisher	es ist stylisher	sie sind stylisher
strong declension (without article)	nominative	stylisherer	stylishere	stylisheres	stylishere
	genitive	stylisheren	stylisherer	stylisheren	stylisherer
	dative	stylisherem	stylisherer	stylisherem	stylisheren
	accusative	stylisheren	stylishere	stylisheres	stylishere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der stylishere	die stylishere	das stylishere	die stylisheren
	genitive	des stylisheren	der stylisheren	des stylisheren	der stylisheren
	dative	dem stylisheren	der stylisheren	dem stylisheren	den stylisheren
	accusative	den stylisheren	die stylishere	das stylishere	die stylisheren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein stylisherer	eine stylishere	ein stylisheres	(keine) stylisheren
	genitive	eines stylisheren	einer stylisheren	eines stylisheren	(keiner) stylisheren
	dative	einem stylisheren	einer stylisheren	einem stylisheren	(keinen) stylisheren
	accusative	einen stylisheren	eine stylishere	ein stylisheres	(keine) stylisheren

Superlative forms of stylish

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am stylishsten	sie ist am stylishsten	es ist am stylishsten	sie sind am stylishsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	stylishster	stylishste	stylishstes	stylishste
	genitive	stylishsten	stylishster	stylishsten	stylishster
	dative	stylishstem	stylishster	stylishstem	stylishsten
	accusative	stylishsten	stylishste	stylishstes	stylishste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der stylishste	die stylishste	das stylishste	die stylishsten
	genitive	des stylishsten	der stylishsten	des stylishsten	der stylishsten
	dative	dem stylishsten	der stylishsten	dem stylishsten	den stylishsten
	accusative	den stylishsten	die stylishste	das stylishste	die stylishsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein stylishster	eine stylishste	ein stylishstes	(keine) stylishsten
	genitive	eines stylishsten	einer stylishsten	eines stylishsten	(keiner) stylishsten
	dative	einem stylishsten	einer stylishsten	einem stylishsten	(keinen) stylishsten
	accusative	einen stylishsten	eine stylishste	ein stylishstes	(keine) stylishsten

Further reading

• “stylish”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “stylish” in Duden online