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Webster 1913 Edition
Elegant
El′e-gant
,Adj.
1.
Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive;
as,
elegant
manners; elegant
style of composition; an elegant
speaker; an elegant
structure.A more diligent cultivation of
elegant
literature. Prescott.
Syn. – Tasteful; polished; graceful; refined; comely; handsome; richly ornamental.
Webster 1828 Edition
Elegant
EL'EGANT
,Adj.
1.
Polished, neat; pure; rich in expressions; correct in arrangement; as an elegant style or composition.2.
Uttering or delivering elegant language with propriety and grace; as an elegant speaker.3.
Symmetrical; regular; well formed in its parts, proportions and distribution; as an elegant structure.4.
Nice; sensible to beauty; discriminating beauty from deformity or imperfection; as an elegant taste. [This is a loose application of the word; elegant being used for delicate.]5.
Beautiful in form and colors; pleasing; as an elegant flower.6.
Rich; costly and ornamental; as elegant furniture or equipage.Definition 2025
elegant
elegant
English
Adjective
elegant (comparative more elegant, superlative most elegant)
- Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
- Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
- an elegant solution
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
exhibiting elegance
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Danish
Etymology
Borrowing from French élégant, from Latin ēlegāns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eləɡant/, [eləˈɡ̊anˀd̥]
Adjective
elegant
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
- “elegant” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (Southern) IPA(key): /eləˈɣɑnt/
- (Northern) IPA(key): /eləˈxɑnt/
Etymology
From Middle French elegant.
Adjective
elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative elegantst)
Inflection
| Inflection of elegant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | elegant | |||
| inflected | elegante | |||
| comparative | eleganter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | elegant | eleganter | het elegantst het elegantste |
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| indefinite | m./f. sing. | elegante | elegantere | elegantste |
| n. sing. | elegant | eleganter | elegantste | |
| plural | elegante | elegantere | elegantste | |
| definite | elegante | elegantere | elegantste | |
| partitive | elegants | eleganters | — | |
Synonyms
- sierlijk
- gracieus
Antonyms
Derived terms
- elegantie
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowing from Middle French elegant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eleˈɡant/, /eləˈɡant/
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative am elegantesten)
Declension
Positive forms of elegant
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| 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 | 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 | |
Superlative forms of elegant
Middle French
Adjective
elegant m (feminine singular elegante, masculine plural elegants, feminine plural elegantes)