elegant
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French elegant, ultimately from Latin elegans.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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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CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ant
AdjectiveEdit
elegant (masculine and feminine plural elegants)
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Further readingEdit
- “elegant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “elegant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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.
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French élégant, from Latin ēlegāns.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
elegant
InflectionEdit
Inflection of elegant | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | elegant | elegantere | elegantest2 |
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
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle French elegant.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative elegantst)
InflectionEdit
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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GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle French elegant.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
elegant (strong nominative masculine singular eleganter, comparative eleganter, superlative am elegantesten)
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LatinEdit
VerbEdit
ēlēgant
Middle FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
elegant m (feminine singular elegante, masculine plural elegants, feminine plural elegantes)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin elegans, via French élégant.
AdjectiveEdit
elegant (neuter singular elegant, definite singular and plural elegante)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “elegant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin elegans, via French élégant.
AdjectiveEdit
elegant (neuter singular elegant, definite singular and plural elegante)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “elegant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French élégant, from Latin ēlegāns.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
elegant m pers (diminutive elegancik, feminine elegantka)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | elegant | eleganci |
genitive | eleganta | elegantów |
dative | elegantowi | elegantom |
accusative | eleganta | elegantów |
instrumental | elegantem | elegantami |
locative | elegancie | elegantach |
vocative | elegancie | eleganci |
Further readingEdit
- elegant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- elegant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French élégant, from Latin elegans.
AdjectiveEdit
elegant m or n (feminine singular elegantă, masculine plural eleganți, feminine and neuter plural elegante)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin elegans, via French élégant.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
elegant (comparative elegantare, superlative elegantast)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
See alsoEdit
- elegans c (noun)