suave

Etymology

From Middle French suave, from Latin suāvis (“sweet”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːv, -eɪv

Adjective

suave (comparative suaver, superlative suavest)

1. Charming, confident and elegant.

Noun

suave (plural suaves)

1. Sweet talk.

References

• Paternoster, Lewis M. and Frager-Stone, Ruth. Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Growth. Second Edition. Amsco School Publications: USA. 1998.

Anagrams

• Sauve, Vause, uveas

Etymology

From Middle French suave, a borrowing from Latin suāvis (“sweet”). Displaced Old French soef, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɥav/

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Adjective

suave (plural suaves)

1. smooth, suave

References

• “suave” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

suave (masculine and feminine plural suavi)

1. variant of soave

Adjective

suāve

1. nominative neuter singular of suāvis
2. accusative neuter singular of suāvis
3. vocative neuter singular of suāvis

Adverb

suāve

1. sweetly, agreeably, pleasantly

References

• suave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Etymology

From Latin suavis (“sweet”), from Proto-Italic *swādwis (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus (“sweet”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈswa.vɨ/
• Hyphenation: su‧a‧ve
• Rhymes: -avi

Adjective

suave m, f (plural suaves, comparable)

1. soft, smooth
2. gentle, mild
3. (Brazil, slang) fine, okay

Etymology

From Latin suāvis (“sweet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswa.βe/

Adjective

suave (plural suaves) superlative: suavísimo

1. suave, soft, smooth
2. cool, acceptable, easy