elegante

See also: élégante and êlégante

English

Etymology

From French élégante.

Noun

elegante (plural elegantes)

1. (dated) A fashionable lady.

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Danish

Adjective

elegante

1. inflection of elegant:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

elegante

1. Inflected form of elegant

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German

Adjective

elegante

1. inflection of elegant:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ēlegāns.

Adjective

elegante (masculine and feminine plural eleganti)

1. elegant, dressed up

Derived terms

• elegantemente
• elegantone
• eleganza

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

elegante

1. definite singular of elegant
2. plural of elegant

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

elegante

1. definite singular of elegant
2. plural of elegant

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ēlegāns.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨ.ˈɣɐ̃.tɨ/
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧gan‧te
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ntʃi

Adjective

elegante m or f (plural elegantes, comparable)

1. elegant

Inflection

Inflection of elegante

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	elegante	elegante	elegantes	elegantes
comparative	mais elegante	mais elegante	mais elegantes	mais elegantes
superlative	o mais elegante elegantíssimo	a mais elegante elegantíssima	os mais elegantes elegantíssimos	as mais elegantes elegantíssimas
augmentative	—	—	—	—
diminutive	—	—	—	—

Derived terms

• elegância
• elegantemente

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēlegāns. Cognate with English elegant.

Adjective

elegante (plural elegantes)

1. elegant, graceful
2. stylish, fancy, chic, smart, classy, sleek, posh, fine, fashionable, dashing, snazzy, dressy, nifty, swank, swanky, ritzy

Synonyms

• ostentoso

Derived terms

• elegancia
• elegantemente

See also

• chic