adj
Meaning 1
Gracious, courteous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
debonair
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdɛbəˈneə(ɹ)/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, General-American: děb-ə-nɛr'
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Canada, General-American: /ˌdɛbəˈnɛɹ/
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Colorado Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /ˌdebəˈneː/
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Australia, Western: /ˌdebəˈneə̯/
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/ˌdebəˈneə̯/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/ˌdebəˈniə̯/ cheer–chair merger
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CMU ARPABET: D EH2 B AH0 N EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Suave, urbane and sophisticated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Charming, confident, and carefully dressed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Debonaire behaviour; graciousness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air- Frances G. Patton- H.M.Reynolds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit
- life that is gay, brisk, and debonair
- walked with a jaunty step
- a jaunty optimist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chipper, debonaire, jaunty
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having a sophisticated charm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a debonair gentleman
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: debonaire, debonnaire, suave
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Via Middle English debonaire from Old French de bon aire (“of good stock; noble”).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: liebenswürdig — (obsolete) Gracious, courteous
- German: reizend — (obsolete) Gracious, courteous
- Macedonian: у́чтив (účtiv) — (obsolete) Gracious, courteous
- Russian: обходи́тельный (obxodítelʹnyj) — (obsolete) Gracious, courteous
- German: gepflegt — Suave, urbane and sophisticated
- German: elegant — Suave, urbane and sophisticated
- Macedonian: у́чтив (účtiv) — Suave, urbane and sophisticated
- Macedonian: љу́безен (ljúbezen) — Suave, urbane and sophisticated
- Russian: обходи́тельный (obxodítelʹnyj) — Suave, urbane and sophisticated
- German: liebenswürdig — Charming, confident and carefully dressed
- German: lässig-elegant — Charming, confident and carefully dressed
- German: charmant — Charming, confident and carefully dressed
- German: gepflegt — Charming, confident and carefully dressed
- German: reizend — Charming, confident and carefully dressed
- Macedonian: о́тмен (ótmen) — Charming, confident and carefully dressed
- Macedonian: елега́нтен (elegánten) — Charming, confident and carefully dressed
- Macedonian: при́влечен (prívlečen) — Charming, confident and carefully dressed
- Russian: гала́нтный (galántnyj) — Charming, confident and carefully dressed