adj
Meaning 1
Rather posh, elegant, ritzy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
swanky
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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/ˈswæŋki/ without æ-raising
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/ˈsweɪ̯ŋki/ æ-raising
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/ˈswɛ̃ŋki/ æ-raising
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rhymes with -æŋki
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative form of swankie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
imposingly fashionable and elegant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a swank apartment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: swank
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From swank + -y.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: моден (moden) — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Bulgarian: шик (šik) — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Catalan: elegant — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Chinese Mandarin: 豪華 /豪华 (háohuá) — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Chinese Mandarin: 氣派 /气派 — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Chinese Mandarin: 時髦 /时髦 (shímáo) — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Chinese Mandarin: 高檔 /高档 (gāodàng) — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Chinese Mandarin: 招搖 /招摇 — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Chinese Mandarin: 闊氣 /阔气 (kuòqì) — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Chinese Mandarin: 裝腔作勢 /装腔作势 (zhuāngqiāngzuòshì) — posh; elegant; ritzy
- French: classe — posh; elegant; ritzy
- French: élégant — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Galician: elegante — posh; elegant; ritzy
- German: protzig — posh; elegant; ritzy
- German: angeberisch — posh; elegant; ritzy
- German: piekfein — posh; elegant; ritzy
- German: herausgeputzt — posh; elegant; ritzy
- German: schick — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Irish: galánta — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Polish: szykowny — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Polish: elegancki — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Spanish: elegante — posh; elegant; ritzy
- Spanish: ricachon — posh; elegant; ritzy