elegância

See also: elegancia

Galician

Noun

elegância f (plural elegâncias, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of elegancia

References

• “elegância” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlegantia (“elegance”), from ēligere (“to choose”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈɡɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [e.leˈɡɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /e.leˈɡɐ̃.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈɡɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [e.leˈɡɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /e.leˈɡɐ̃.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈɡɐ̃.si.a/ [e.leˈɡɐ̃.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /e.leˈɡɐ̃.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨˈɡɐ̃.sjɐ/ [i.lɨˈɣɐ̃.sjɐ]

• Hyphenation: e‧le‧gân‧ci‧a

Noun

elegância f (plural elegâncias)

1. elegance

Related terms

• elegante

 

Further reading

• “elegância”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “elegância”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024