different between suave vs snob

English

Etymology

From Middle English suave, borrowed from Latin su?vis (“sweet, pleasant”); doublet of sweet.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sw??v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sw?v/, /swe?v/
• Rhymes: -??v, -e?v

Adjective

suave (comparative suaver, superlative suavest)

1. Charming, confident and elegant.

Derived terms

• outsuave
• suavely
• suaveness

Translations

Noun

suave (plural suaves)

1. Sweet talk.

Translations

References

• Paternoster, Lewis M. and Frager-Stone, Ruth. Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Growth. Second Edition. Amsco School Publications: USA. 1998.

Anagrams

• Sauve, Vause, uveas

French

Etymology

From Middle French suave, from Latin su?vis (“sweet, pleasant”), replacing the inherited souef, from Old French soef, suef (“sweet, mild, agreeable, tranquil, peaceful”), which was supplanted in form and meaning during the 17th cent. together with its derivatives, and survives only in the dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?av/

Adjective

suave (plural suaves)

1. (especially of persons and their speech) smooth and graceful, polite, polished, suave

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “suavis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 120, page 325
• “suave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?a.ve/, [s?u?ä?ve?], (in fast speech) /?swa.ve/, [?s?wä?ve?]
• Rhymes: -ave
• Hyphenation: su?à?ve

Adjective

suave (plural suavi)

1. (literary) Archaic form of soave.

Derived terms

• suavità

References

• suave in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverbial use of the neuter singular adjective.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?su?a?.u?e/, [?s?u?ä?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sva.ve/, [?zv??v?]

Adverb

su?ve (not comparable)

1. sweetly, becomingly, pleasantly

   Synonym: su?viter

Etymology 2

Adjective

su?ve

1. nominative neuter singular of su?vis
2. accusative neuter singular of su?vis
3. vocative neuter singular of su?vis

References

• suave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin su?vis (“sweet, pleasant”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?swa.v?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.?a.vi/, /?swa.vi/
• Hyphenation: su?a?ve
• Rhymes: -avi

Adjective

suave m or f (plural suaves, comparable)

1. soft, smooth

   Synonyms: macio, liso

2. gentle, mild
3. (Brazil, slang) fine, okay

Derived terms

• suavizar

Related terms

• suavidade
• suavizante

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin su?vis (“sweet, pleasant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?swabe/, [?swa.??e]

Adjective

suave (plural suaves)

1. smooth, soft, fluffy

   Antonym: áspero

2. soft, gentle, light, mild (e.g. mild flavor, a mild winter)

3. suave (charming, confident and elegant)

   Synonyms: terso, blando, liso

   Antonyms: áspero, duro

4. cool, acceptable, easy

Derived terms

• manjar suave
• suavemente
• suavísimo
• suave como el culito de un bebé
• suavecito
• suavizante
• suavizar

Related terms

• suavidad
• suavo

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Late 18th century dialectical English snob (“cobbler”), of unknown origin. Early senses of the word carried the meaning of "lower status;" it was then used to describe those seeking to imitate those of higher wealth or status. Folk etymology derives it from the Latin phrase sine nobilitate (“without nobility”), but early uses had no connection to this.

The modern sense was popularized by William Makepeace Thackeray in The Book of Snobs (1848).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sn?b, IPA^(key): /sn?b/
• (General American) enPR: sn?b, IPA^(key): /sn?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

snob (plural snobs)

1. (informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. [from 20th c.]
   • 1958, Arnold Wesker, Roots:

     If wanting the best things in life means being a snob then glory hallelujah I'm a snob.

2. (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker. [from 18th c.]
   • 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage 2014, p. 57:

     The snobs were also kind to him, and gave him a pair of boots which they assured him were of a type and quality reserved entirely for officers […]

3. (dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner. [from 19th c.]
   • 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit:

     'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of men of taste: not snobs.'

   • 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt:

     I tell you, sir, that I have a brain of my own, and that I should feel myself to be a snob and a slave if I did not use it.

4. (archaic) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, or who will not join a strike.
5. (Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.

   Synonym: cad

Coordinate terms

• posh
• social climber

Derived terms

• snobbery, snobbism
• snobbish
• snobby
• snobbiness
• snobbishness
• snobbishly
• snob effect
• snob value

Translations

Further reading

• snob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “snob”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “snob”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

References

Anagrams

• BN(O)s, BNOs, BSON, bo's'n, bos'n, nobs

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

snob m (plural snobs, diminutive snobje n)

1. snob

Anagrams

• bons

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn?b/

Adjective

snob (plural snobs)

1. snobbish, snobby

Noun

snob m or f (plural snobs)

1. snob

Derived terms

• snober
• snobinard
• snobisme
• snobissime

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bons

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zn?b/

Noun

snob m (invariable)

1. snob

Adjective

snob (invariable)

1. snobbish

References

Polish

Etymology

From English snob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn?p/
• Homophone: snop

Noun

snob m pers (feminine snobka)

1. snob (person who seeks to be a member of the upper classes)

Declension

Derived terms

• (verbs) snobowa?, snobizowa?
• (noun) snobizm

Related terms

• (adjective) snobistyczny
• (adverb) snobistycznie

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French snob.

Adjective

snob m or n (feminine singular snob?, masculine plural snobi, feminine and neuter plural snobe)

1. snobbish

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snôb/

Noun

sn?b m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. snob

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sn?p/

Noun

snob m (genitive singular snoba, nominative plural snobi, genitive plural snobov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. snob

Declension

Derived terms

• snobka
• snobský
• snobsky
• snobstvo

Further reading

• snob in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk