svelte

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Attractively thin; gracefully slender.
2. Refined, delicate.

Concepten

slank

Synoniemen

slender

slim

lissome

thin

refined

lithe

polished

elegant

slight

lissom

gracile

lithesome

nimble

supple

nippy

spry

sylphlike

mobile

urbane

petite

rangy

recherche

shapely

sleazy

sleek

slimsy

suave

subtile

subtle

symmetrical

tactful

tenuous

ticklish

vanquishable

vincible

waspish

well-disposed

well-proportioned

willowy

couth

gossamery

well-shaped

agile

light footed

alert

beautiful

classy

clean-limbed

courtly

dainty

Vertalingen

svelte

esbelto

schlank

ligero

gertenschlank

kıvrak

esbelto

σβέλτος

raffiné

snello

culte

cultivat

estilitzat

esvelt

prim

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsvɛlt/

Etymologie (Engels)

From French svelte, from Italian svelto (“stretched out”), past participle of svellere (“to pluck out, root out”), from Vulgar Latin *exvellere, from ex + vellere (“to pluck, stretch”).