adjective · rare

svelte

svelte · svelter · sveltest

ніжний, благородний, ласкавий

гибкий, стройный, изящный

schlank, grazil

Attractively thin; gracefully slenderAttractively thin; gracefully slender.

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/ˈsvɛlt/

» Mary is svelte and fleet of foot.

Maria ist schlank und leichtfüßig.

Meaning

2 senses

Attractively thin; gracefully slender.
grazil, schlank
стро́йныйstrójnyj, ги́бкийgíbkij
being of delicate or slender build
Refined, delicate.
изя́щныйizjáščnyj

Examples

5 sentences

Mary is svelte and fleet of foot.
deMaria ist schlank und leichtfüßig.
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Tom is svelte and fleet of foot.
deTom ist grazil und leichtfüßig.
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Sekkura is a svelte woman.
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You're looking svelte.
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Imogen of the Internet looks rather svelte after six hours of Photoshop.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

attractively thin, slender:

refined, delicate:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

attractively thin, slender:

Origin

Borrowed from French svelte, from Italian svelto (“stretched out”), past participle of sve

Borrowed from French svelte, from Italian svelto (“stretched out”), past participle of svellere (“to pluck out, root out”), from Vulgar Latin *exvellere, from ex + vellere (“to pluck, stretch”).

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