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

Pronunciation

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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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.leˈɡan.te/

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• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧gàn‧te

Adjective

elegante (plural eleganti, superlative elegantissimo)

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

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /e.leˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, [e.leˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /i.lɨˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/, [i.lɨˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: e‧le‧gan‧te
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleˈɡante/, [e.leˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪e]

Adjective

elegante (plural elegantes)

1. elegant, graceful
2. 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

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elegante.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e‧le‧gan‧te
• IPA^(key): /ʔeleˈɡante/, [ʔeleˈɰante]

Adjective

elegante

1. elegant

   Synonyms: makisig, magara

Related terms

• elegansiya