Élégant

Part of Speech

noun

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Translations

🇩🇪 schön, elegant im Stil oder in Manieren , 🇪🇸 hermoso, elegante en su estilo o sus maneras , 🇮🇹 bella, elegante nel suo stile o nelle sue maniere , 🇵🇹 bonito, elegante em seu estilo ou maneiras , 🇨🇳 美丽、优雅的风格或举止 , 🇯🇵 美しく、スタイルや振る舞いがエレガントな人物。 , 🇰🇷 스타일이나 태도가 멋있고 세련된 사람 , 🇸🇦 جميل، أنيق في أسلوبه أو طقوسه , 🇮🇳 सुंदर, अपने अंदाज या व्यवहार में परिष्कृत

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Etymology

The adjective **élégant** comes from Old French *elégant*, which in turn derives from the Late Latin *elegens, elegans* (the present participle of *eligere* “to choose, to select”). First recorded in the 14th c., it originally meant “chosen, refined,” and by the 16th c. had acquired the sense of “stylish, graceful.” The noun **élégance** is built on the same Latin root, denoting the quality of being elegant.

Synonyms

un raffiné un distingué un chic un gracieux un stylé un sophistiqué un élégant classique

Antonyms

gauche démodé banal kitsch médiocre