elegance

el·e·gance  (l-gns)

n.

1.

a. Refinement, grace, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.

b. Tasteful opulence in form, decoration, or presentation.

2.

a. Restraint and grace of style.

b. Scientific exactness and precision.

3. Something elegant.

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elegance [ˈɛlɪgəns], elegancy

n pl -gances, -gancies

1. dignified grace in appearance, movement, or behaviour

2. good taste in design, style, arrangement, etc.

3. something elegant; a refinement

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare dash, panache, elan, flair, style - distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" daintiness, delicacy, fineness - the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features" courtliness - elegance suggestive of a royal court tastefulness - elegance indicated by good taste breeding, genteelness, gentility - elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression chic, chicness, modishness, stylishness, swank, chichi, last word, smartness - elegance by virtue of being fashionable grandeur, magnificence, splendor, splendour, brilliance, grandness - the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" eclat, pomp - ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses" class - elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
	2.	elegance - a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics); "the simplicity and elegance of his invention" quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

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elegance

noun style, taste, beauty, grace, dignity, sophistication, grandeur, refinement, polish, gentility, sumptuousness, courtliness, gracefulness, tastefulness, exquisiteness Princess Grace's understated elegance

Quotations
"To me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is" [Christian Lacroix]

Translations

elegance [ˈelɪgəns] N → elegancia f

elegance [ˈɛlɪgəns] n

(= stylishness) [street, furniture, house] → élégance f; [person] → élégance f

(= cleverness) [style, writing] → élégance f; [idea, solution] → élégance f

elegance

n → Eleganz f

elegance [ˈɛlɪgəns] n → eleganza

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elegance [ˈɛlɪgəns] n → eleganza