elegáns

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See also: elegans

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin elegans.[1] With -áns ending.

Pronunciation

Adjective

elegáns (comparative elegánsabb, superlative legelegánsabb)

  1. elegant (characterised by or exhibiting elegance in dress, style, design)
    Synonyms: választékos, előkelő, ízléses, divatos
  2. elegant (characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision)
    Synonyms: elmés, szellemes, ötletes
    elegáns megoldás ― an elegant solution

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative elegáns elegánsak
accusative elegánsat elegánsakat
dative elegánsnak elegánsaknak
instrumental elegánssal elegánsakkal
causal-final elegánsért elegánsakért
translative elegánssá elegánsakká
terminative elegánsig elegánsakig
essive-formal elegánsként elegánsakként
essive-modal elegánsul —
inessive elegánsban elegánsakban
superessive elegánson elegánsakon
adessive elegánsnál elegánsaknál
illative elegánsba elegánsakba
sublative elegánsra elegánsakra
allative elegánshoz elegánsakhoz
elative elegánsból elegánsakból
delative elegánsról elegánsakról
ablative elegánstól elegánsaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		elegánsé elegánsaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		elegánséi elegánsakéi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • elegáns in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • elegáns in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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