elegant

See also: élégant and êlégant

English

Etymology

From Middle French elegant, ultimately from Latin elegans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛl.ə.ɡənt/

Adjective

elegant (comparative more elegant, superlative most elegant)

  1. Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
  2. Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
    an elegant solution
  3. (Ireland, colloquial, archaic) Fine; doing well.
    • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
      'An' how are ye, Jemmie—how's every inch iv you?' enquired Moggy of the boy, when his agitation was a little blown over.
      'I'm elegant, thank ye,' he answered; 'an' what's the matther wid ye all? I cum through the kitchen, and seen no one.'

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Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

elegant (masculine and feminine plural elegants)

  1. elegant

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French élégant, from Latin ēlegāns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eləɡant/, [eləˈɡ̊anˀd̥]

Adjective

elegant

  1. elegant, smart
  2. elegant, neat
  3. (adverbial) elegantly, smartly, neatly

Inflection

Inflection of elegant
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular elegant elegantere elegantest2
Neuter singular elegant elegantere elegantest2
Plural elegante elegantere elegantest2
Definite attributive1 elegante elegantere eleganteste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

  • uelegant

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French elegant.

Pronunciation

  • (Southern) IPA(key): /eləˈɣɑnt/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /eləˈxɑnt/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative elegantst)

  1. elegant

Inflection

Inflection of elegant
uninflected elegant
inflected elegante
comparative eleganter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial elegant eleganter het elegantst
het elegantste
indefinite m./f. sing. elegante elegantere elegantste
n. sing. elegant eleganter elegantste
plural elegante elegantere elegantste
definite elegante elegantere elegantste
partitive elegants eleganters —

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Antonyms

Derived terms

  • elegantie

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French elegant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eleˈɡant/, /eləˈɡant/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative am elegantesten)

  1. elegant

Declension

Comparative forms of elegant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist eleganter sie ist eleganter es ist eleganter sie sind eleganter
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative eleganterer elegantere eleganteres elegantere
genitive eleganteren eleganterer eleganteren eleganterer
dative eleganterem eleganterer eleganterem eleganteren
accusative eleganteren elegantere eleganteres elegantere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der elegantere die elegantere das elegantere die eleganteren
genitive des eleganteren der eleganteren des eleganteren der eleganteren
dative dem eleganteren der eleganteren dem eleganteren den eleganteren
accusative den eleganteren die elegantere das elegantere die eleganteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein eleganterer eine elegantere ein eleganteres (keine) eleganteren
genitive eines eleganteren einer eleganteren eines eleganteren (keiner) eleganteren
dative einem eleganteren einer eleganteren einem eleganteren (keinen) eleganteren
accusative einen eleganteren eine elegantere ein eleganteres (keine) eleganteren

Further reading

Middle French

Adjective

elegant m (feminine singular elegante, masculine plural elegants, feminine plural elegantes)

  1. elegant

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin elegans, via French élégant

Adjective

elegant (neuter singular elegant, definite singular and plural elegante)

  1. elegant

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin elegans, via French élégant

Adjective

elegant (neuter singular elegant, definite singular and plural elegante)

  1. elegant

References

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