elegante

See also: élégante and êlégante

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French élégante.

Noun

elegante (plural elegantes)

  1. (dated) A fashionable lady.

Danish

Adjective

elegante

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

elegante

  1. Inflected form of elegant

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

elegante

  1. definite singular of elegant
  2. plural of elegant

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

elegante

  1. definite singular of elegant
  2. plural of elegant

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlegantem.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.leˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.leˈɡɐ̃.te/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.lɨˈɡɐ̃.t(ɨ)/ [i.lɨˈɣɐ̃.t(ɨ)]

  • 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)

  1. elegant

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēlegāns. Cognate with English elegant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eleˈɡante/ [e.leˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: e‧le‧gan‧te

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

See also

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elegante.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧gan‧te
  • IPA(key): /ʔeleˈɡante/, [ʔɛ.lɛˈɣan.tɛ]

Adjective

elegante

  1. elegant
    Synonyms: makisig, magara
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