İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. s. zarif. zarif, ince, güzel, sik; düzenli. zarif. zarif. s. zarif. şık, zarif, hoş, kibar, zekice, mükemmel, çok iyi.
2. nazik, kibar, ince; şık, zarif; üstün, nezaketle, elegantlyzarafetle, mükemmel, zarif.
3. zarif. ince. güzel. şık. düzenli.
4. zevkli. zarif. şık. modaya uygun. nefis. mükemmel. güzel ve yalın. sade.
5. zarif.
6. şık. zarif.

Etymology : Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin elegant-, elegans; akin to Latin eligere to select; more at ELECT
Pronunciation : 'e-li-g&nt
Function : adjective
Date : 15th century

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1. refined, tasteful; graceful; luxurious. elegant\el"e*gant\ , a. [l. elegans, -antis; akin to eligere to pick out, choose, select: cf. f. élégant. see: elect.].
2. 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.
3. exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste.
4. 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.
5. Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid" of seemingly effortless beauty in form or proportion suggesting taste, ease, and wealth.
6. 1. If you describe a person or thing as elegant, you mean that they are pleasing and graceful in appearance or style. Patricia looked beautiful and elegant as always. an elegant restaurant. = stylish + elegance el·egance Princess Grace's understated elegance + elegantly el·egant·ly a tall, elegantly dressed man with a mustache.
7. If you describe a piece of writing, an idea, or a plan as elegant, you mean that it is simple, clear, and clever. The document impressed me with its elegant simplicity. + elegantly el·egant·ly an elegantly simple idea.