elegance
Syllables: el·e·gance/ˈɛl.ɪ.ɡəns/
elegance noun: grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
Noun
elegance (usually uncountable, plural elegances)
- Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
- The bride was elegance personified.
- Restraint and grace of style.
- The simple dress had a quiet elegance.
- The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
- The proof of the theorem had a pleasing elegance.
- A refinement or luxury.
- As to the comforts and elegances of life, we have enough of them for our good.1852, Various, Young Americans Abroad
- At Rome, when Sallust was the fashionable writer, short sentences, uncommon words, and an obscure brevity, were affected as so many elegances.1881, Isaac D'Israeli, Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
elegance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
elegance in Hindi
- grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners
- लालित्य lālitya, शिष्टता śiṣṭatā
elegance in Tamil
- அழகு, நேர்த்தி, நளினம், செம்மை
elegance in Urdu
- elegance, grace, beauty
- زینت zīnat
- elegance, grace; style
- ادا adā
- elegance, refinement
- فرہنگ farhaṅg
- elegance, gracefulness
- ناز nāz
elegance in Bengali
- grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners
- জামাল jamal
More languagesFewer languages
- elegance in Telugu
- సొంపు sompu
- elegance in Malayalam
- ലാവണ്യം lāvaṇyaṁ
- elegance in Kannada
- ನಿರತೆ, ಚೊಕ್ಕಳಿಕೆ, ಮಾಟ, ಒಪ್ಪು
- elegance in Punjabi
- حسن ḥusan
- elegance in Tagalog
- elegansya, kagandahan
- elegance in Arabic
- أَنَاقَة ʔanāqa
Examples of elegance in a sentence
- The old silver lends an air of elegance to an otherwise drab room.
- The decor positively breathes classical elegance.
- He has elegance and power, and can create and score goals.
Forms of elegance
| plural | elegances |
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Origin of elegance
From Middle French élégance, from Latin ēlegantia (“exquisiteness; refinement, elegance”).
Words formed from elegance
Questions about elegance
- What does elegance mean?
- Elegance means grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
- What is elegance in Hindi?
- Elegance in Hindi is लालित्य (lālitya), शिष्टता (śiṣṭatā). See Elegance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is elegance?
- Elegance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce elegance?
- Elegance is pronounced /ˈɛl.ɪ.ɡəns/.
- What is the plural of elegance?
- The plural of elegance is elegances.
Words near elegance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: elegance (page history and authors); elegance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ادا (Urdu) (page history and authors); ലാവണ്യം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); elegance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); حسن (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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