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svelte — [ svɛlt ] adj. • 1642, répandu XVIIIe; it. svelto, de svellere, svegliere « arracher, dégager » ♦ Arts Qui produit une impression de légèreté, d élégance, par sa forme élancée, sa finesse. ⇒ dégagé, 2. fin, léger. « Dôme svelte » (Voltaire). ♢… … Encyclopédie Universelle
svelte´ly — svelte «svehlt», adjective. slender; lithe; slim; willowy: »This dazzling, svelte charmer…wheedles her way into our hearts with stunning brilliance (London Times). ╂[< French svelte < Italian svelto (literally) past participle of svellere… … Useful english dictionary
Svelte — may refer to:* A Svelte Appendix to the Postmodern Question, a paper written by the philosopher Jean François Lyotard. * Big Fat Hunka Cheese s Quest Restored Svelte, a children s book promoting weight loss by Sherman Neusom … Wikipedia
Svelte — war eine französische Automarke. Unternehmensgeschichte Das Unternehmen SA des Constructions Mécaniques de la Loire aus Saint Étienne begann 1906 mit der Produktion von Automobilen, die als Svelte vermarktet wurden. 1907 wurde die Produktion nach … Deutsch Wikipedia
svelte — svelte; svelte·ly; svelte·ness; … English syllables
svelte — [svelt] adj literary [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: Italian svelto stretched , from svellere to pull out ] thin and graceful = ↑lithe ▪ She was slim, svelte, and sophisticated … Dictionary of contemporary English
svelte — (adj.) slender, lithe, c.1817, from Fr. svelte slim, slender, from It. svelto slim, slender, originally pulled out, lengthened, from pp. of svellere to pluck or root out, from V.L. *exvellere, from L. ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + … Etymology dictionary
svelte — [svelt, sfelt] adj. [Fr < It svelto, pp. of svegliere, to pull out, hence, to free < VL * exvellere, for L evellere, to pluck out < e , out + vellere, to pluck: see VELLICATE] 1. slender and graceful; lithe: used chiefly of women 2.… … English World dictionary
svelte — [ svelt ] adjective graceful, thin, and attractive … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
svelte — [adj] thin and well built graceful, lean, lissom, lithe, slender, slinky, smooth, sylphlike, willowy; concepts 490,491 Ant. chubby, corpulent, fat, thick … New thesaurus
svelte — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ slender and elegant. ORIGIN Italian svelto … English terms dictionary
