"grazioso" meaning in Italian

See grazioso in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɡratˈt͡sjo.zo/, /ɡratˈt͡sjo.so/ [traditional] Forms: graziosa [feminine], graziosi [masculine, plural], graziose [feminine, plural], graziosissimo [superlative], graziosamente [adverb]
Rhymes: -ozo, -oso Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|la|grātiōsus||agreeable, popular}} Borrowed from Latin grātiōsus (“agreeable, popular”), {{af|la|grātia<t:grace>|-ōsus<t:-y, -ous>|nocat=1}} grātia (“grace”) + -ōsus (“-y, -ous”), {{surf|it|grazia|-oso}} By surface analysis, grazia + -oso, {{cog|en|gracious}} English gracious, {{cog|fr|gracieux}} French gracieux, {{cog|nrf|grâcieux}} Norman grâcieux, {{cog|ro|grațios}} Romanian grațios, {{cog|es,pt|gracioso}} Spanish and Portuguese gracioso, {{cog|ca|graciós}} Catalan graciós Head templates: {{it-adj|adv=graziosamente|sup=graziosissimo}} grazioso (feminine graziosa, masculine plural graziosi, feminine plural graziose, superlative graziosissimo, adverb graziosamente)
  1. cute, pretty, nice, graceful Synonyms: carino, aggraziato
    Sense id: en-grazioso-it-adj-jrrB0bVQ
  2. delightful, graceful Synonyms: fine, elegante, pregevole, raffinato, squisito
    Sense id: en-grazioso-it-adj-Ab5HTFLx Categories (other): Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms suffixed with -oso Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 24 0 19 1 2 26 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 10 41 5 5 40 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -oso: 2 32 13 17 36
  3. (literary) kind, gracious Tags: literary Synonyms: affabile, amabile, cordiale, cortese, gentile
    Sense id: en-grazioso-it-adj-YKBJHHZv Categories (other): Italian terms suffixed with -oso Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -oso: 2 32 13 17 36
  4. (literary, poetic) gracious, merciful, compassionate Tags: literary, poetic Synonyms: bendisposto, benevolo, benigno, disponibile
    Sense id: en-grazioso-it-adj-hNOmxVMj Categories (other): Italian terms suffixed with -oso Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -oso: 2 32 13 17 36
  5. (music) grazioso
    Sense id: en-grazioso-it-adj-uv3FPXd0 Categories (other): Music, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms suffixed with -oso Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 24 0 19 1 2 26 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 10 41 5 5 40 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -oso: 2 32 13 17 36 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: graziosità

Inflected forms

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      "Spanish",
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}

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