Masculine

sottile

Meaning

  1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) thin
  2. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) slim, slender (of a person)
  3. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) fine (hair etc.)
  4. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) delicate (smell)
  5. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) subtle

Concepts

thin
subtle
lean
skinny
sharp
slender
fine
slim
sheer
flimsy
gaunt
keen
scrawny
thinnish
narrow
slight
small
svelte
tenuous
twiggy
vague
acute
reeded
discriminating
faint
gossamer
haggard
incisive
jerky
knifelike
penetrating
penetrative
piercing
pointed
rawboned
reedy
scraggy
Opposite of
spesso, grosso
Synonyms

magro
C1
fine
A1
fino
A1
acuto
C2
stretto
B2
snello
48k
delicato
C1
secco
B2
sterile
C2
trasparente
C2
consunto
emaciato
esile
34k
inafferrabile
infecondo
penetrante
40k
scarno
scheletrico
slanciato
sparuto
striminzito
tenue
30k

senza forze

finu

di poco spessore

fievole e acuta

sìccu

fìnu

cannoso
affilato
C2
appuntito
28k
asciutto
C2
debole
B1
floscio
49k
piccolo
A1
Translations

dünn
delgado
mince
subtil
flaco
sutil
fino
maigre
fino
mager
schlank
tenuis
dun
magro
Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
sot‧tì‧le
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sotˈti.le/
Etymology

From Latin subtīlem (“thin, slender”).

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