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Meaning of elegant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ˈɛl.ə.ɡənt

Definitions

  1. An elegant parrot.
  2. Characterized by or exhibiting refined, tasteful beauty of manner, form, or style. See Synonyms at exquisite.
  3. having or showing stylishness. elegant clothes; You look elegant today. elegansie, sierlikheid أنيق، مُتْقَن елегантен elegante elegantní elegant elegant; raffineret; udsøgt κομψόςelegante elegantne زیبا؛ خوش طرح elegantti élégant מְהוּדָר सुरुचिपूर्ण elegantan elegáns bergaya myndarlegur; glæsilegur, tígulegur elegante 優雅な 우아한 elegantiškas elegants anggun elegantelegant, smakfullelegancki خوږ ژبى، ظريف، ښه ذوقى elegante elegant элегантный elegantný eleganten elegantan elegant ทันสมัย şık, za...
  4. swierig إتْقان، أناقَه елегантност elegância elegance die Eleganz elegance; stilfuldhed κομψότηταelegancia elegants(us) زیبایی؛ ظرافت eleganssi éléganceהדר, פאר रमणीयता elegancija elegancia keanggunan glæsileiki eleganza 優雅 우아함 elegancija elegance keanggunan elegantieeleganse, smakfullhetelegancja ښه ذوق، ښه سليقه، خوږه ژبه ، ظرفيت elegância eleganţă элегантность elegancia prefinjenost elegancija elegans ความงดงาม şıklık, zerafet 高雅,雅致 вишуканість, елегантність نفاست tính thanh lịch 高雅,雅致
  5. tasteful in dress, style, or design
  6. dignified and graceful in appearance, behaviour, etc
  7. cleverly simple; ingenious: an elegant solution to a problem.
  8. splendid or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.
  9. polished and dignified, as in tastes, behavior, or literary style.
  10. graceful in form or movement.
  11. of superior quality; exceptional: an elegant gift.

Equivalents

العربية أنيق خوزلى رائع ظريف ملحة
Català elegant
Čeština elegantní
Dansk elegant
Deutsch elegant schick
Ελληνικά Κομψός νοστιμεύω
Esperanto eleganta
Español chic elegante glaxo paltón picudo
Français élégant élégant
Gaeilge galánta
Galego elegante
עברית מהדר
हिन्दी शोभनीय
Italiano elegante
한국어 우아한
Kurdî elegant kibar kibar zarif zarîf
Latina elegans facetus lautus venustus
Te Reo Māori huatau
Português elegante
Svenska elegant
Türkçe kibar şık zarif
Tiếng Việt phong nhã tao nhã thanh lịch thuyền

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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