grazioso

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹɑtsiˈoʊsoʊ/, /ˌɡɹɑtsiˈoʊzoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊsəʊ, -əʊzəʊ
• Hyphenation: gra‧zi‧o‧so

Adjective

grazioso (comparative more grazioso, superlative most grazioso)

1. (music) graceful, flowing

Adverb

grazioso (comparative more grazioso, superlative most grazioso)

1. (music) gracefully, flowingly

Italian

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.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

• graziosamente
• graziosità

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian grazioso.

Adverb

grazioso

1. grazioso