grazioso

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian grazioso (graceful), from Latin grātiōsus (agreeable, popular), from grātia (grace). Doublet of gracioso and gracious.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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grazioso (comparative more grazioso, superlative most grazioso)

  1. (music) graceful, flowing

Adverb

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grazioso (comparative more grazioso, superlative most grazioso)

  1. (music) gracefully, flowingly

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin grātiōsus (agreeable, popular), from grātia (grace) + -ōsus (-y, -ous). By surface analysis, grazia +‎ -oso. Cognate to English gracious, French gracieux, Norman grâcieux, Romanian grațios, Spanish and Portuguese gracioso, Catalan graciós.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡratˈt͡sjo.zo/, (traditional) /ɡratˈt͡sjo.so/
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: gra‧zió‧so

Adjective

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grazioso (feminine graziosa, masculine plural graziosi, feminine plural graziose, superlative graziosissimo)

  1. cute, pretty, nice, graceful
    Synonyms: carino, aggraziato
    Antonym: sgraziato
  2. delightful, graceful
    Synonyms: fine, elegante, pregevole, raffinato, squisito
    Antonyms: dozzinale, grossolano, ordinario
  3. (literary) kind, gracious
    Synonyms: affabile, amabile, cordiale, cortese, gentile
    Antonyms: scortese, sgarbato, sguaiato
  4. (literary, poetic) gracious, merciful, compassionate
    Synonyms: bendisposto, benevolo, benigno, disponibile
  5. (music) grazioso

Derived terms

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Italian grazioso.

Adverb

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grazioso

  1. grazioso