gracile

Meaning

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

Opposite of

robust

Synonyms

slender

svelte

willowy

thin

slim

petite

delicate

Translations

zayıf

esvelt

grazil

Schlankmuskel

gracile

gràcil

esbelto

esguio

esbelto

ince yapılı

gracile

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹæsaɪl/

Etymology

Cognate with French: gracile

Cognate with Italian: gracile

Cognate with Portuguese: grácil

Cognate with Spanish: 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.