adjective · rare

gracile

grac·ile

gracile · more gracile · most gracile

стройный

Lean, slender, thinLean, slender, thin.

UK/ˈɡɹæsaɪl/US/ˈɡɹæˌsaɪl/

Meaning

3 senses

(also, figuratively)Lean, slender, thin.
slender and graceful
Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame.
Graceful or gracefully slender.
стро́йныйstrójnyj

Translations

2 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

gracefully slender:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French gracil, gracile (“slender, thin”) (modern French gracile (“gra

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.

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