elegant

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See also: élégant and êlégant

English

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Etymology

From Middle French elegant, ultimately from Latin elegans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛl.ə.ɡənt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Adjective

elegant (comparative more elegant, superlative most elegant)

  1. Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
    • 2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better‎, Plum, →ISBN, page 192:
      You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.
  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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Noun

elegant (plural elegants)

  1. An elegant parrot.
    • 1895, The Avicultural Magazine, Volume 1, The Avicultural Society for the Study of Foreign and British Birds, page 22:
      But if the Aviarist be ambitious to keep the lovely, but destructive, members of the Parrot family, he must be content with grass alone, because Parrakeets (except the weak-billed Turquoisines and Elegants) would destroy the shrubs and trees in a day.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlegantem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

elegant m or f (masculine and feminine plural elegants)

  1. elegant
    Antonym: inelegant

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French élégant, from Latin ēlegāns.

Pronunciation

Adjective

elegant

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

Inflection

Inflection of elegant
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular elegant elegantere elegantest2
Indefinite 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.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French elegant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌeːləˈɣɑnt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ele‧gant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

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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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French elegant.

Pronunciation

Adjective

elegant (strong nominative masculine singular eleganter, comparative eleganter, superlative am elegantesten)

  1. elegant

Declension

Positive forms of elegant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist elegant sie ist elegant es ist elegant sie sind elegant
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative eleganter elegante elegantes elegante
genitive eleganten eleganter eleganten eleganter
dative elegantem eleganter elegantem eleganten
accusative eleganten elegante elegantes elegante
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der elegante die elegante das elegante die eleganten
genitive des eleganten der eleganten des eleganten der eleganten
dative dem eleganten der eleganten dem eleganten den eleganten
accusative den eleganten die elegante das elegante die eleganten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein eleganter eine elegante ein elegantes (keine) eleganten
genitive eines eleganten einer eleganten eines eleganten (keiner) eleganten
dative einem eleganten einer eleganten einem eleganten (keinen) eleganten
accusative einen eleganten eine elegante ein elegantes (keine) eleganten
Comparative forms of elegant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
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
Superlative forms of elegant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am elegantesten sie ist am elegantesten es ist am elegantesten sie sind am elegantesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative elegantester eleganteste elegantestes eleganteste
genitive elegantesten elegantester elegantesten elegantester
dative elegantestem elegantester elegantestem elegantesten
accusative elegantesten eleganteste elegantestes eleganteste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der eleganteste die eleganteste das eleganteste die elegantesten
genitive des elegantesten der elegantesten des elegantesten der elegantesten
dative dem elegantesten der elegantesten dem elegantesten den elegantesten
accusative den elegantesten die eleganteste das eleganteste die elegantesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein elegantester eine eleganteste ein elegantestes (keine) elegantesten
genitive eines elegantesten einer elegantesten eines elegantesten (keiner) elegantesten
dative einem elegantesten einer elegantesten einem elegantesten (keinen) elegantesten
accusative einen elegantesten eine eleganteste ein elegantestes (keine) elegantesten

Further reading

  • “elegant” in Duden online
  • “elegant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

ēlēgant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of ēlēgō

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin elegans, via French élégant.

Adjective

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

  1. elegant

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French élégant, from Latin ēlegāns.

Pronunciation

Noun

elegant m pers (female equivalent elegantka, diminutive elegancik)

  1. elegant man

Declension

Declension of elegant
singular plural
nominative elegant eleganci/eleganty (deprecative)
genitive eleganta elegantów
dative elegantowi elegantom
accusative eleganta elegantów
instrumental elegantem elegantami
locative elegancie elegantach
vocative elegancie eleganci

Further reading

  • elegant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • elegant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French élégant, from Latin elegans.

Pronunciation

Adjective

elegant m or n (feminine singular elegantă, masculine plural eleganți, feminine and neuter plural elegante)

  1. tasteful

Declension

Declension of elegant
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite elegant elegantă eleganți elegante
definite elegantul eleganta eleganții elegantele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite elegant elegante eleganți elegante
definite elegantului elegantei eleganților elegantelor

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin elegans, via French élégant.

Pronunciation

Adjective

elegant (comparative elegantare, superlative elegantast)

  1. elegant

Declension

Inflection of elegant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular elegant elegantare elegantast
Neuter singular elegantt elegantare elegantast
Plural eleganta elegantare elegantast
Masculine plural3 elegante elegantare elegantast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 elegante elegantare elegantaste
All eleganta elegantare elegantaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Noun

elegant c

  1. an elegance (person who is (doing something) elegant)

Usage notes

Often a bit tongue-in-cheek.

Declension

Declension of elegant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative elegant eleganten eleganter eleganterna
Genitive elegants elegantens eleganters eleganternas

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