# svelte

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsvɛlt/ · frequency rank #73,680

## Definitions
1. Attractively thin; gracefully slender.
2. Refined, delicate.

## Etymology
From French svelte, from Italian svelto (“stretched out”), past participle of svellere (“to pluck out, root out”), from Vulgar Latin *exvellere, from ex + vellere (“to pluck, stretch”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/svelte