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elegante

See also: élégante, and êlégante

English

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Etymology

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From French élégante.

Noun

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elegante (plural elegantes)

  1. (dated) A fashionable lady.

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish elegante.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔeleˈɡante/ [ʔe.l̪eˈɡan̪.t̪e]
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧gan‧te
  • Rhymes: -ante

Adjective

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elegante (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. elegant in look

Verb

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elegante (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. to be elegant in look

Danish

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Adjective

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elegante

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

Dutch

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Adjective

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elegante

  1. inflection of elegant:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin ēlegantem.

Adjective

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elegante m or f (plural elegantes)

  1. elegant

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German

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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

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Etymology

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From Latin ēlegantem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.leˈɡan.te/
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  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧gàn‧te

Adjective

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elegante (plural eleganti, superlative elegantissimo)

  1. elegant, dressed up

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Norwegian Bokmål

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elegante

  1. definite singular of elegant
  2. plural of elegant

Norwegian Nynorsk

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elegante

  1. definite singular of elegant
  2. plural of elegant

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin ēlegantem.

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elegante m or f (plural elegantes, comparable, comparative mais elegante, superlative o mais elegante or elegantíssimo)

  1. elegant

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin ēlegantem. Cognate with English elegant.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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elegante m or f (masculine and feminine 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

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Descendants

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  • → Cebuano: elegante
  • → Tagalog: elegante

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish elegante.

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elegante (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. elegant
    Synonyms: makisig, magara
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