elegante

See also: élégante and êlégante

English

Alternative forms

• élégante

Etymology

From French élégante.

Noun

elegante (plural elegantes)

1. (dated) A fashionable lady.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elegante.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

elegante (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. elegant in look

Verb

elegante (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. to be elegant in look

Danish

Adjective

elegante

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

elegante

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

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ēlegantem.

Adjective

elegante m or f (plural elegantes)

1. elegant

Derived terms

• elegantemente

Related terms

• elegancia

Further reading

• “elegante”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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 ēlegantem.

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

Related terms

• eleganza

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

Learned borrowing from Latin ēlegantem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈɡɐ̃.te/

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

• 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

• elegantemente

Related terms

• elegância

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēlegantem. Cognate with English elegant.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Derived terms

• charrán elegante
• elegantemente
• gaviotín elegante
• pagaza elegante

Related terms

• elegancia

Descendants

• → Cebuano: elegante
• → Tagalog: elegante

See also

• chic

Further reading

• “elegante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elegante.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔeleˈɡante/ [ʔɛ.lɛˈɣan̪.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: e‧le‧gan‧te

Adjective

elegante (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. elegant

   Synonyms: makisig, magara

Related terms

• elegansiya