gracile

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

gracile

Opposto di

robust

sinonimi

slender

svelte

willowy

thin

slim

petite

delicate

Traduzioni

zayıf

esvelt

grazil

Schlankmuskel

gracile

gràcil

esguio

esbelto

ince yapılı

esbelto

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɡɹæsaɪl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine francese: gracile

Affine italiano: gracile

Affine portoghese: grácil

Affine spagnolo: 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.