slender

Senso (Inglese)

1. Thin; slim.
2. (figuratively) Meagre; deficient.
3. Palatalized.

Concetti

snello

esile

sottile

magro

slanciato

smilzo

snellissimo

scarso

fragile

tenue

snella

esiguo

sinonimi

slim

thin

lean

svelte

skinny

gaunt

delicate

narrow

slight

lissome

fine

lithe

meagre

graceful

shapely

frail

willowy

sylphlike

weak

gracile

dainty

tapering

well-proportioned

poor

scanty

flimsy

well-built

emaciated

supple

subtle

tall

elegant

lithesome

slimsy

lissom

sleek

small

scrawny

lanky

lank

rangy

reedy

petite

little

sleazy

meager

stately

inconsiderable

impotent

faint

Traduzioni

schlank

mince

svelte

esbelto

slank

delgado

dun

luchtig

dünn

élancé

rank

tenger

λεπτός

mager

fluet

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈslɛndə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: slendre

Affine bavarese: Schlenderling

Affine tedesco: schlendern

Affine olandese: slidderen

Affine basso tedesco: slindern

In summary

From Middle English slendre, sclendre, from Old French esclendre (“thin, slender”), from Middle Dutch slinder (“thin, lank”), from Proto-Germanic *slindraz (“sliding, slippery”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slip”). Cognate with Bavarian Schlenderling (“that which dangles”), German schlendern (“to saunter, stroll”), Dutch slidderen, slinderen (“to wriggle, creep like a serpent”), Low German slindern (“to slide on ice”). More at slide, slither.