gracile

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French gracil, gracile (“slender, thin”) (modern French gracile (“gracile”)), or directly from its etymon Latin gracilis (“slender, slim, thin; lean, meagre, scanty; simple, unadorned”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin; to wane”). The sense “graceful or gracefully slender” was apparently influenced by the non-cognate word grace. The English word is cognate with Italian gracile (“delicate, frail; slender, thin”), Portuguese grácil, Spanish grácil (“graceful; delicate; slender”), and a doublet of gracilis. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæsaɪl/, /-sɪl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæˌsaɪl/, /ˈɡɹæsəl/, /ˈɡɹeɪˌsaɪl/ Rhymes: (General American) -æsəl Hyphenation: grac‧ile === Adjective === gracile (comparative more gracile, superlative most gracile) (also figuratively) Lean, slender, thin. Synonyms: (rare) gracilent, lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender (chiefly zoology, anthropology, paleontology) Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame. Antonym: robust Graceful or gracefully slender. Synonyms: catlike, elegant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gracilent gracilis ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === gracility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Cargile, glacier == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin gracilis. Doublet of grêle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁa.sil/ === Adjective === gracile (plural graciles) gracile ==== Derived terms ==== gracilement === Further reading === “gracile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin gracilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡra.t͡ʃi.le/ Rhymes: -atʃile Hyphenation: grà‧ci‧le === Adjective === gracile m or f by sense (plural gracili) delicate, frail, weakly slender, thin ==== Derived terms ==== gracilmente ==== Related terms ==== gracilità === Further reading === gracile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === grecali, legarci == Latin == === Adjective === gracile nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of gracilis