suave

suave

 (swäv)

adj. suav·er, suav·est

Courteous and elegant; gracious and sophisticated.

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[French, agreeable, from Old French, from Latin suāvis, delightful, sweet; see swād- in Indo-European roots.]

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suave′ly adv.

suave′ness, suav′i·ty (swä′vĭ-tē) n.

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suave

(swɑːv)

adj

(esp of a man) displaying smoothness and sophistication in manner or attitude; urbane

[C16: from Latin suāvis sweet]

ˈsuavely adv

suavity, ˈsuaveness n

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suave

(swɑv)

adj. suav•er, suav•est.

smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.

[1495–1505; < French < Latin suāvis sweet]

suave′ly, adv.

suave′ness, suav′i•ty, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	suave - having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman" debonair, debonaire, debonnaire refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
	2.	suave - smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" politic, smooth, bland diplomatical, diplomatic - using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject"

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suave

adjective smooth, charming, urbane, debonair, worldly, cool (informal), sophisticated, polite, gracious, agreeable, courteous, affable, smooth-tongued He is a suave, cool and cultured man.

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suave

adjective

Effortlessly gracious and tactful in social manner:

bland, smooth, urbane.

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Translations

رَقيق، لَطيف، دَمِث

uhlazený

sleben

aalglatthöflichmildsanftverbindlich

sulavasulavakäytöksinen

affable

nyájas

fágaîur, viîmótsòÿîur

cortesecortesia

lipšniailipšnumaslipšnus

laipnspatīkamspieklājīgs

urban

hoşkibar ve naziktatlı dilli

文雅的温和的

suave

[swɑːv] ADJ → fino (pej) → hábil

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suave

[ˈswɑːv] adj [person] → urbain(e); [manner, voice] → suave

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

suave

adj, suavely

adv → weltmännisch, aalglatt (pej)

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suave

[swɑːv] adj (person, manners) → mellifluo/a; (question, suggestion) → insinuante

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suave

(swaːv) adjective

(of a man or his manner) pleasant, elegant, polite and agreeable. elegant, vriendelik رَقيق، لَطيف، دَمِث вежлив sofisticado uhlazený verbindlich sleben αβρός, εκλεπτυσμένος afable, cortés; fino; zalamero sundimatu, meeldiv خوش برخورد؛ مودب sulavakäytöksinen affableנעים הליכות सभ्य, भद्र, विनीत, सुन्दर मनोहर, चिकना-चुपड़ा, मृदु ugodan, ljubazan nyájas ramah fágaður, viðmótsþÿður cortese 人当りのよい (매너가) 온화한, 상냥한 lipšnus, malonus, mandagus laipns; patīkams; pieklājīgs terlalu canggih zachtaardigelegant, urbanuprzejmy, gładki مودب، ښه برخوردکوونکی sofisticado afabil, amabil, politicos обходительный uhladený, prívetivý prijeten, uglajen uglađen förbindlig, behaglig อ่อนโยน hoş, tatlı dilli, kibar ve nazik 文雅的，溫和的 ввічливий, поштивий نرم، شاءستہ ngọt ngào, khéo léo 文雅的，温和的

ˈsuavely adverb

vriendelik, elegant بِرِقَّه، بِدَماثَه، بِلَطافَه учтиво sofisticadamente uhlazeně verbindlich slebent με αβρότητα, εκλεπτυσμένα afablemente, cortésmente; finamente; zalameramente sundimatult مودبانه sulavasti avec affabilité בְּגִינוּנֵי חֵן सौम्यता से, मधुर ढंग से ljubazno, učtivo kedvesen, nyájasan dengan sopan á fágaðan hátt cortesemente もの柔かに 온화하게, 세련되게 lipšniai, maloniai laipni; pieklājīgi dengan terlalu canggih hoffelijkelegant, sofistikertuprzejmie مودبانه sofisticadamente cu suavitate; amabil обходительно uhladene prijazno uglađeno förbindligt อย่างอ่อนโยน tatlı dille 文雅地 поштиво لطافت کے ساتھ ngọt ngào, khéo léo 文雅地

ˈsuaveness noun

elegansie رِقَّه، لَطافَه، دماثَه учтивост sofisticação uhlazenost die Verbindlichkeit slebenhed αβρότητα afabilidad, carácter cortés; finura; zalamería sundimatus خوش برخورد بودن sulavuus affabilité גִינוּנֵי חֵן सौम्य udvornost, ljubaznost nyájasság kesopanan fágun, ljúfmennska affabilità, cortesia もの柔らかさ 온화함, 세련됨 lipšnumas laipnība; patīkamas manieres sifat terlalu canggih hoffelijkheideleganseuprzejmość, łagodność ښه برخورد کول، ښه ښه راغلاست کول sofisticação suavitate; amabilitate обходительность uhladenosť uglajenost uglađenost förbindlighet ความอ่อนโยน tatlı dillilik 文雅(程度) ввічливість لطافت sự ngọt ngào, sự khéo léo 文雅（程度）

ˈsuavity noun

elegansie رِقَّه، لُطْف، دماثَه вежливост sofisticação uhlazenost die Höflichkeit slebenhed αβρότητα afabilidad, carácter cortés; finura; zalamería sundimatus نزاکت sulavuus affabilitéחן सौम्यता, मधुरता, चिकना-चुपड़ी बातें ugodnost, ljubaznost kedvesség, nyájasság kesopanan fágun, ljúfmennska affabilità, cortesia もの柔かさ 온화, 세련 lipšnumas laipnība; pieklājība keadaan canggih hoffelijkheideleganseuprzejmość, łagodność نزاکت sofisticação suavitate; amabilitate обходительность uhladenosť uglajenost uglađenost förbindlighet ความอ่อนโยน tatlı dillilik 文雅，柔和 ввічливість, поштивість شاءستگی tính ngọt ngào, khéo léo 文雅，柔和

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