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raffiné — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • refined adj Having had impurities removed; processed to a pure state.
  • sophisticated adj Having a lot of worldly experience and refined taste; cultured and knowledgeable.

Senses

raffiné is used for these senses in English:

  • couth Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.
  • refined Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:
  • sophisticated Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.

refined — full definition

  1. adj Having had impurities removed; processed to a pure state.
  2. adj Elegant, cultured, and polished in manner or taste.

sophisticated — full definition

  1. adj Having a lot of worldly experience and refined taste; cultured and knowledgeable.
  2. adj Highly developed or complex, especially describing technology or systems.

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