# elegante
## English
### Alternative forms

* élégante

### Etymology

From French élégante.

### Noun

elegante (plural elegantes)
* (dated) A fashionable lady.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elegante.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔeleˈɡante/ [ʔe.l̪eˈɡan̪.t̪e]
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧gan‧te
* Rhymes: -ante

### Adjective

elegante (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
* elegant in look

### Verb

elegante (Badlit spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
* to be elegant in look

## Danish
### Adjective

elegante
* inflection of elegant:
** definite singular
** plural

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

elegante
* inflection of elegant:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin ēlegantem.

### Adjective

elegante m or f (plural elegantes)
* elegant

#### Derived terms

* elegantemente

#### Related terms

* elegancia

### Further reading

* “elegante”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

elegante
* inflection of elegant:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin ēlegantem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.leˈɡan.te/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧gàn‧te

### Adjective

elegante (plural eleganti, superlative elegantissimo)
* elegant, dressed up

#### Derived terms

* elegantemente
* elegantone

#### Related terms

* eleganza

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Adjective

elegante
* definite singular of elegant
* plural of elegant

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Adjective

elegante
* definite singular of elegant
* plural of elegant

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēlegantem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.leˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.leˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.leˈɡɐ̃.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.lɨˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [i.lɨˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧gan‧te

### Adjective

elegante m or f (plural elegantes, comparable, comparative mais elegante, superlative o mais elegante or elegantíssimo)
* elegant

#### Derived terms

* elegantemente

#### Related terms

* elegância

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin ēlegantem. Cognate with English elegant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eleˈɡante/ [e.leˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: e‧le‧gan‧te

### Adjective

elegante m or f (masculine and feminine plural elegantes)
* elegant, graceful
* stylish, fancy, chic, smart, classy, high-toned, sleek, posh, fine, fashionable, dashing, snazzy, dressy, nifty, swank, swanky, ritzy
    Synonym: ostentoso

#### Derived terms

* charrán elegante
* elegantemente
* gaviotín elegante
* pagaza elegante

#### Related terms

* elegancia

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: elegante
* → Tagalog: elegante

#### See also

* chic

### Further reading

* “elegante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elegante.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔeleˈɡante/ [ʔɛ.lɛˈɣan̪.t̪ɛ]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: e‧le‧gan‧te

### Adjective

elegante (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
* elegant
    Synonyms: makisig, magara

#### Related terms

* elegansiya