gracile

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Tegenovergesteld aan

robust

Synoniemen

slender

svelte

willowy

thin

slim

petite

delicate

Vertalingen

zayıf

esvelt

grazil

Schlankmuskel

gracile

gràcil

esbelto

esguio

esbelto

ince yapılı

gracile

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɡɹæsaɪl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Frans: gracile

Verwant aan Italiaans: gracile

Verwant aan Portugees: grácil

Verwant aan Spaans: 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.