elegansiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• elegansya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elegancia, from Latin ēlegantia (“exquisiteness; refinement, elegance”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔeleˈɡansia/ [ʔɛ.lɛˈɣan̪.ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔeleˈɡansia/ [ʔɛ.lɛˈɣan̪.sjɐ]
• Rhymes: -ansia
• Syllabification: e‧le‧gan‧si‧ya

Noun

elegánsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. elegance

   Synonyms: kisig, kakisigan, gara, kagaraan

Related terms

• elegante

Further reading

• “elegansiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018