svelte

Etymology
From, from , past participle of , from , from +.

Adjective

 * 1) Attractively thin; gracefully slender.
 * 2) Refined, delicate.
 * 1) Refined, delicate.
 * 1) Refined, delicate.
 * 1) Refined, delicate.
 * 1) Refined, delicate.

Usage notes
Used mainly as a compliment, whereas words like, and  could be used in negative connotations.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:slender

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 苗條, 苗條
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: seangchruthach
 * Italian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: schlank
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, esbelta
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, hienovarainen
 * Russian:


 * Arabic: هيفاء,رشيق, ممشوق القامة

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) thin; slender

Etymology 1
From, from. The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

 * 1)  to feel hungry
 * 2)  to starve

Noun

 * 1) hunger, starvation
 * 2)  a two player card game wherein the goal is to "starve" the opponent of all their card

Etymology 2
Causative of. From, from.

Verb

 * 1)  to starve (someone)