elegant
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French elegant, ultimately from Latin elegans.
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Adjective edit
elegant (comparative more elegant, superlative most elegant)
- Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
- 2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better[1], Plum, →ISBN, page 192:
- You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.
- Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
- an elegant solution
- (Ireland, colloquial, archaic) Fine; doing well.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- 'An' how are ye, Jemmie—how's every inch iv you?' enquired Moggy of the boy, when his agitation was a little blown over.
'I'm elegant, thank ye,' he answered; 'an' what's the matther wid ye all? I cum through the kitchen, and seen no one.'
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Noun edit
elegant (plural elegants)
- An elegant parrot.
- 1895, The Avicultural Magazine, Volume 1, The Avicultural Society for the Study of Foreign and British Birds, page 22:
- But if the Aviarist be ambitious to keep the lovely, but destructive, members of the Parrot family, he must be content with grass alone, because Parrakeets (except the weak-billed Turquoisines and Elegants) would destroy the shrubs and trees in a day.
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ēlegantem.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective edit
elegant m or f (masculine and feminine plural elegants)
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Further reading edit
- “elegant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “elegant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “elegant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “elegant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French élégant, from Latin ēlegāns.
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Adjective edit
elegant
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Inflection of elegant | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | elegant | elegantere | elegantest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | elegant | elegantere | elegantest2 |
Plural | elegante | elegantere | elegantest2 |
Definite attributive1 | elegante | elegantere | eleganteste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
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- “elegant” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French elegant.
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elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative elegantst)
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Inflection of elegant | ||||
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uninflected | elegant | |||
inflected | elegante | |||
comparative | eleganter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | elegant | eleganter | het elegantst het elegantste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | elegante | elegantere | elegantste |
n. sing. | elegant | eleganter | elegantste | |
plural | elegante | elegantere | elegantste | |
definite | elegante | elegantere | elegantste | |
partitive | elegants | eleganters | — |
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German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French elegant.
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elegant (strong nominative masculine singular eleganter, comparative eleganter, superlative am elegantesten)
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number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist elegant | sie ist elegant | es ist elegant | sie sind elegant | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | eleganter | elegante | elegantes | elegante |
genitive | eleganten | eleganter | eleganten | eleganter | |
dative | elegantem | eleganter | elegantem | eleganten | |
accusative | eleganten | elegante | elegantes | elegante | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der elegante | die elegante | das elegante | die eleganten |
genitive | des eleganten | der eleganten | des eleganten | der eleganten | |
dative | dem eleganten | der eleganten | dem eleganten | den eleganten | |
accusative | den eleganten | die elegante | das elegante | die eleganten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein eleganter | eine elegante | ein elegantes | (keine) eleganten |
genitive | eines eleganten | einer eleganten | eines eleganten | (keiner) eleganten | |
dative | einem eleganten | einer eleganten | einem eleganten | (keinen) eleganten | |
accusative | einen eleganten | eine elegante | ein elegantes | (keine) eleganten |
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Verb edit
ēlēgant
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Adjective edit
elegant m (feminine singular elegante, masculine plural elegants, feminine plural elegantes)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latin elegans, via French élégant.
Adjective edit
elegant (neuter singular elegant, definite singular and plural elegante)
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- “elegant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Latin elegans, via French élégant.
Adjective edit
elegant (neuter singular elegant, definite singular and plural elegante)
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- “elegant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French élégant, from Latin ēlegāns.
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elegant m pers (female equivalent elegantka, diminutive elegancik)
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | elegant | eleganci/eleganty (deprecative) |
genitive | eleganta | elegantów |
dative | elegantowi | elegantom |
accusative | eleganta | elegantów |
instrumental | elegantem | elegantami |
locative | elegancie | elegantach |
vocative | elegancie | eleganci |
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French élégant, from Latin elegans.
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Audio (file)
Adjective edit
elegant m or n (feminine singular elegantă, masculine plural eleganți, feminine and neuter plural elegante)
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singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | elegant | elegantă | eleganți | elegante | ||
definite | elegantul | eleganta | eleganții | elegantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | elegant | elegante | eleganți | elegante | ||
definite | elegantului | elegantei | eleganților | elegantelor |
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin elegans, via French élégant.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
elegant (comparative elegantare, superlative elegantast)
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Inflection of elegant | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | elegant | elegantare | elegantast |
Neuter singular | elegantt | elegantare | elegantast |
Plural | eleganta | elegantare | elegantast |
Masculine plural3 | elegante | elegantare | elegantast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | elegante | elegantare | elegantaste |
All | eleganta | elegantare | elegantaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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- elegans c (noun)
Noun edit
elegant c
- an elegance (person who is (doing something) elegant)
Usage notes edit
Often a bit tongue-in-cheek.
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Declension of elegant | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | elegant | eleganten | eleganter | eleganterna |
Genitive | elegants | elegantens | eleganters | eleganternas |
References edit
- elegant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- elegant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- elegant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)