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EuroLex/F/Elegant

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  • Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: élégant, élégante - 1. elegant; 2. gracefully concise and simple; admirably succinct (of scientific, technical, or mathematical theories, solutions, etc.)


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech elegantní ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Danish elegant ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Dutch elegant ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
English elegant 15c 'meaning 1, 2' '...' http://www.etymonline.com
Estonian elegantne ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German elegant ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Hungarian elegáns ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian elegante ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Latvian elegants ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Lithuanian elegantiškas ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian elegant ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Polish elegancki ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Portuguese elegante ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak elegantný ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Slovenian eleganten ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Spanish elegante ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Swedish elegant ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...

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Etymology: from MF élégant, from L elegantem (nom. elegans) "choice, fine, tasteful", prp. of eligere "select with care, choose". Elegans was originally a term of reproach, "dainty, fastidious"; the notion of "tastefully refined" emerged in classical L.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages

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Finnish: tyylikäs