elegante
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
elegante (plural elegantes)
- (dated) A fashionable lady.
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish elegante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔeleˈɡante/ [ʔe.l̪eˈɡan̪.t̪e]
- Hyphenation: e‧le‧gan‧te
- Rhymes: -ante
Adjective
elegante (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
Verb
elegante (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
Danish
Adjective
elegante
- inflection of elegant:
- definite singular
- plural
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Adjective
elegante
- inflection of elegant:
- masculine/feminine singular attributive
- definite neuter singular attributive
- plural attributive
Galician
Etymology
Adjective
elegante m or f (plural elegantes)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “elegante”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.leˈɡan.te/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: e‧le‧gàn‧te
Adjective
elegante m or f (plural eleganti, superlative elegantissimo)
Derived terms
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Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
elegante
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
elegante
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ēlegantem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.leˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.leˈɡɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.lɨˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [i.lɨˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi
- Hyphenation: e‧le‧gan‧te
Adjective
elegante m or f (plural elegantes, comparable, comparative mais elegante, superlative o mais elegante or elegantíssimo)
Derived terms
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ēlegantem. Cognate with English elegant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eleˈɡante/ [e.leˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: e‧le‧gan‧te
Adjective
elegante m or f (masculine and feminine 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
Related terms
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “elegante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish elegante.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔeleˈɡante/ [ʔɛ.lɛˈɣan̪.t̪ɛ]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: e‧le‧gan‧te
Adjective
elegante (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)