different between elegant vs dandy

English

Etymology

From Middle French elegant, ultimately from Latin elegans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.?.??nt/

Adjective

elegant (comparative more elegant, superlative most elegant)

1. Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
2. Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.

   an elegant solution

3. (Ireland, colloquial, archaic) Fine; doing well.

Synonyms

• (exhibiting elegance): classy, graceful

Antonyms

• clumsy
• haphazard
• inelegant

Derived terms

• elegance

Related terms

• elect
• eligible
• elite

Translations

Anagrams

• angelet

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?leg?ns.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

elegant (masculine and feminine plural elegants)

1. elegant

   Antonym: inelegant

Derived terms

• elegantment

Related terms

• elegància
• inelegant

Further reading

• “elegant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “elegant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “elegant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “elegant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French élégant, from Latin ?leg?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /el??ant/, [el????an?d?]

Adjective

elegant

1. elegant, smart
2. elegant, neat
3. (adverbial) elegantly, smartly, neatly

Inflection

Derived terms

• uelegant

References

• “elegant” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French elegant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?l????nt/
• Hyphenation: ele?gant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative elegantst)

1. elegant

Inflection

Synonyms

• sierlijk
• gracieus

Antonyms

• lomp
• plomp

Derived terms

• elegantie

Anagrams

• gelaten

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French elegant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ele??ant/, /el???ant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative am elegantesten)

1. elegant

Declension

Further reading

• “elegant” in Duden online

Middle French

Adjective

elegant m (feminine singular elegante, masculine plural elegants, feminine plural elegantes)

1. elegant

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin elegans, via French élégant

Adjective

elegant (neuter singular elegant, definite singular and plural elegante)

1. elegant

Related terms

• eleganse

References

• “elegant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin elegans, via French élégant

Adjective

elegant (neuter singular elegant, definite singular and plural elegante)

1. elegant

Related terms

• eleganse

References

• “elegant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French élégant, from Latin ?leg?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?.?ant/

Noun

elegant m pers (diminutive elegancik, feminine elegantka)

1. elegant man

Declension

Further reading

• elegant in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• elegant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French élégant, from Latin elegans.

Adjective

elegant m or n (feminine singular elegant?, masculine plural elegan?i, feminine and neuter plural elegante)

1. tasteful

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin elegans, via French élégant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l???ant/

Adjective

elegant (comparative elegantare, superlative elegantast)

1. elegant

Declension

See also

• elegans c (noun)

References

• elegant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• elegant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• legaten

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”). Of uncertain origin.

Possibly from Dandy, a diminutive of Andrew, yet the Scots word is used also in reference to women. Alternatively, possibly a back-formation of Scots dandilly, dandillie (“one who is spoiled or pampered; a "pet"”). Compare English dandle and dander.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dændi/
• Rhymes: -ændi

Noun

dandy (plural dandies)

1. A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dandy
2. (Britain, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
3. A dandy roller.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Dutch: dandy
• ? Finnish: dandy
• ? French: dandy
• ? German: Dandy
• ? Polish: dandy
• ? Spanish: dandy

See also

• boulevardier
• man about town

Translations

Adjective

dandy (comparative dandier, superlative dandiest)

1. Like a dandy, foppish.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:foppish

2. Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.

   Synonyms: all very well, well and good

3. Excellent; first-rate.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dandy.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /?d?n.di/
• Hyphenation: dan?dy

Noun

dandy m (plural dandy's, diminutive dandy'tje n)

1. dandy

   Synonyms: fat, pronker

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dandy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dændi/, [?dændi]

Noun

dandy

1. dandy

Declension

French

Etymology

English dandy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.di/

Noun

dandy m (plural dandys or dandies)

1. dandy

Further reading

• “dandy” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Alternative forms

• dandi

Etymology

Borrowed from English dandy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dandi/, [?d?ãn?.d?i]

Noun

dandy m (plural dandys)

1. dandy

Further reading

• “dandi” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.