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First English usage circa 1601. From Medieval Latin sophisticatus.

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изкушен (izkušen) — having obtained worldly experience
• Catalan: sofisticat — having obtained worldly experience
• Chinese Mandarin: 有经验的 — having obtained worldly experience
• Dutch: wereldwijs — having obtained worldly experience
• Finnish: hienostunut — having obtained worldly experience
• French: cosmopolite — having obtained worldly experience
• German: erfahren — having obtained worldly experience
• German: weltgewandt — having obtained worldly experience
• German: kultiviert — having obtained worldly experience
• Greek: έμπειρος (émpeiros) — having obtained worldly experience
• Greek: πολύπειρος (polýpeiros) — having obtained worldly experience
• Italian: sofisticato — having obtained worldly experience
• Latin: urbānus — having obtained worldly experience
• Macedonian: запознаен (zapoznaen) — having obtained worldly experience
• Macedonian: способен (sposoben) — having obtained worldly experience
• Macedonian: искусен (iskusen) — having obtained worldly experience
• Māori: mātanga — having obtained worldly experience
• Norwegian Bokmål: sofistikert — having obtained worldly experience
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sofistikert — having obtained worldly experience
• Polish: obyty — having obtained worldly experience
• Portuguese: sofisticado — having obtained worldly experience
• Romanian: sofisticat — having obtained worldly experience
• Russian: искушённый (iskušónnyj) — having obtained worldly experience
• Russian: умудрённый (umudrjónnyj) — having obtained worldly experience
• Russian: о́пытный (ópytnyj) — having obtained worldly experience
• Serbo-Croatian: sofisticiran — having obtained worldly experience
• Serbo-Croatian: prefinjen — having obtained worldly experience
• Serbo-Croatian: iskusan — having obtained worldly experience
• Serbo-Croatian: vješt — having obtained worldly experience
• Spanish: de mundo — having obtained worldly experience
• Spanish: sofisticado — having obtained worldly experience
• Swedish: världsvan — having obtained worldly experience
• Swedish: erfaren — having obtained worldly experience
• Turkish: kozmopolit — having obtained worldly experience
• Bulgarian: рафиниран (rafiniran) — elegant, refined
• Dutch: gesofisticeerd — elegant, refined
• French: chic — elegant, refined
• French: raffiné — elegant, refined
• French: mondain — elegant, refined
• French: sophistiqué — elegant, refined
• German: kultiviert — elegant, refined
• German: raffiniert — elegant, refined
• Greek: κομψός (kompsós) — elegant, refined
• Greek: εκλεπτυσμένος (ekleptysménos) — elegant, refined
• Ancient Greek: ἀστεῖος (asteîos) — elegant, refined
• Hungarian: kifinomult — elegant, refined
• Latin: urbānus — elegant, refined
• Macedonian: префинет (prefinet) — elegant, refined
• Macedonian: рафиниран (rafiniran) — elegant, refined
• Macedonian: отмен (otmen) — elegant, refined
• Portuguese: sofisticado — elegant, refined
• Portuguese: requintado — elegant, refined
• Turkish: rafine — elegant, refined
• Turkish: sofistike — elegant, refined
• Turkish: şık — elegant, refined
• Belarusian: мудрагелісты (mudrahjelisty) — complicated, especially of technology
• Bulgarian: усложнен (usložnen) — complicated, especially of technology
• Bulgarian: комплициран (kompliciran) — complicated, especially of technology
• Chinese Mandarin: 先进的 — complicated, especially of technology
• Czech: sofistikovaný — complicated, especially of technology
• Dutch: geperfectioneerd — complicated, especially of technology
• Finnish: monimutkainen — complicated, especially of technology
• French: sophistiqué — complicated, especially of technology
• German: hochentwickelt — complicated, especially of technology
• German: raffiniert — complicated, especially of technology
• German: ausgeklügelt — complicated, especially of technology
• Greek: σύνθετος (sýnthetos) — complicated, especially of technology
• Greek: πολύπλοκος (polýplokos) — complicated, especially of technology
• Ancient Greek: πολύπλοκος (polúplokos) — complicated, especially of technology
• Hungarian: kifinomult — complicated, especially of technology
• Italian: sofisticato — complicated, especially of technology
• Korean: 정교한 (jeonggyohan) — complicated, especially of technology
• Macedonian: сложен (složen) — complicated, especially of technology
• Māori: marutuna — complicated, especially of technology
• Norwegian Bokmål: sofistikert — complicated, especially of technology
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sofistikert — complicated, especially of technology
• Persian: پیشرفته (piš-rafte) — complicated, especially of technology
• Polish: złożony — complicated, especially of technology
• Polish: skomplikowany — complicated, especially of technology
• Portuguese: sofisticado — complicated, especially of technology
• Romanian: sofisticat — complicated, especially of technology
• Romanian: complicat — complicated, especially of technology
• Russian: сло́жный (slóžnyj) — complicated, especially of technology
• Russian: мудрёный (mudrjónyj) — complicated, especially of technology
• Russian: замыслова́тый (zamyslovátyj) — complicated, especially of technology
• Spanish: sofisticado — complicated, especially of technology
• Spanish: complejo — complicated, especially of technology
• Spanish: complicado — complicated, especially of technology
• Spanish: elaborado — complicated, especially of technology
• Swedish: sofistikerad — complicated, especially of technology
• Turkish: komplike — complicated, especially of technology
• Bulgarian: изтънчен (iztǎnčen) — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Chinese Mandarin: 精炼的 — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Finnish: hienostunut — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Finnish: sivistynyt — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• French: sophistiqué — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• German: raffiniert — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Greek: εγκεφαλικός (egkefalikós) — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Italian: sofisticato — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Macedonian: префинет (prefinet) — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Macedonian: истанчен (istančen) — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Māori: mātanga — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Norwegian Bokmål: sofistikert — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sofistikert — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Polish: wyszukany — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Polish: wyrafinowany — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Polish: wymyślny — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Portuguese: sofisticado — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Romanian: rafinat — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Romanian: elegant — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Romanian: sofisticat — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Russian: утончённый (utončónnyj) — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Russian: изощрённый (izoščrjónnyj) — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Spanish: refinado — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Spanish: elegante — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Spanish: sofisticado — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Swedish: sofistikerad — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Swedish: raffinerad — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
• Turkish: sofistike — appealing to the tastes of an intellectual