gracile

Significat (Anglès)

1. (also, figuratively) Lean, slender, thin.
2. Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame.
3. Graceful or gracefully slender.

Conceptes

gràcil

esvelt

Oposat a

robust

Sinònims

slender

svelte

willowy

thin

slim

petite

delicate

Traduccions

zayıf

Schlankmuskel

gracile

gracile

grazil

esguio

esbelto

ince yapılı

esbelto

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɡɹæsaɪl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb francès: gracile

Cognat amb italià: gracile

Cognat amb portuguès: grácil

Cognat amb espanyol: grácil

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French gracil, gracile (“slender, thin”) (modern French gracile (“gracile”)), or directly from its etymon Latin gracilis (“slender, slim, thin; lean, meagre, scanty; simple, unadorned”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin; to wane”). The sense “graceful or gracefully slender” was apparently influenced by the non-cognate word grace. The English word is cognate with Italian gracile (“delicate, frail; slender, thin”), Portuguese grácil, Spanish grácil (“graceful; delicate; slender”), and a doublet of gracilis.