elegante
See also: élégante and êlégante
English
Etymology
From French élégante.
Noun
elegante (plural elegantes)
- (dated) A fashionable lady.
Danish
Adjective
elegante
- inflection of elegant:
- definite singular
- plural
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Adjective
elegante
- Inflected form of elegant
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
elegante
- inflection of elegant:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Etymology
From Latin ēlegāns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.leˈɡan.te/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: e‧le‧gàn‧te
Adjective
elegante (plural eleganti, superlative elegantissimo)
- elegant, dressed up
Derived terms
- elegantemente
- elegantone
- eleganza
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
elegante
- definite singular of elegant
- plural of elegant
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
elegante
- definite singular of elegant
- plural of elegant
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēlegantem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.leˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.leˈɡɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.lɨˈɡɐ̃.t(ɨ)/ [i.lɨˈɣɐ̃.t(ɨ)]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi
- Hyphenation: e‧le‧gan‧te
Adjective
elegante m or f (plural elegantes, comparable, comparative maiselegante, superlative o maiselegante or elegantíssimo)
- elegant
Derived terms
- elegância
- elegantemente
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ēlegāns. Cognate with English elegant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eleˈɡante/ [e.leˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: e‧le‧gan‧te
Adjective
elegante (plural elegantes)
- elegant, graceful
- stylish, fancy, chic, smart, classy, high-toned, sleek, posh, fine, fashionable, dashing, snazzy, dressy, nifty, swank, swanky, ritzy
- Synonym: ostentoso
Derived terms
- elegancia
- elegantemente
- pagaza elegante
See also
- chic
Further reading
- “elegante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish elegante.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: e‧le‧gan‧te
- IPA(key): /ʔeleˈɡante/, [ʔe.leˈɣan.te]
Adjective
elegante
- elegant
- Synonyms: makisig, magara
Related terms
- elegansiya