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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Debonair \Deb`o*nair"\, a. [OE. debonere, OF. de bon aire,
     debonaire, of good descent or lineage, excellent, debonair,
     F. d['e]bonnaire debonair; de of (L. de) + bon good (L.
     bonus) + aire. See Air, and Bounty, and cf. Bonair.]
     Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of
     good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Was never prince so meek and debonair.   --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Debonair \Deb`o*nair"\, a. [OE. debonere, OF. de bon aire,
     debonaire, of good descent or lineage, excellent, debonair,
     F. d['e]bonnaire debonair; de of (L. de) + bon good (L.
     bonus) + aire. See Air, and Bounty, and cf. Bonair.]
     Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of
     good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.
  
           Was never prince so meek and debonair.   --Spenser.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  debonair
       adj 1: having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman" [syn: debonaire,
               debonnaire, suave]
       2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking
          chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G.
          Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"-
          H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty
          optimist" [syn: chipper, debonaire, jaunty]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  debonair
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) gracious, courteous.
     2 suave, urbane and sophisticated.
     3 (lb en especially of men) charming, confident(,) and carefully
  dressed.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) Debonaire behaviour; graciousness.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  debonair
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) gracious, courteous.
     2 suave, urbane and sophisticated.
     3 (lb en especially of men) charming, confident(,) and carefully
  dressed.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) Debonaire behaviour; graciousness.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  debonair
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) gracious, courteous.
     2 suave, urbane and sophisticated.
     3 (lb en especially of men) charming, confident(,) and carefully
  dressed.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) Debonaire behaviour; graciousness.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  debonair
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) gracious, courteous.
     2 suave, urbane and sophisticated.
     3 (lb en especially of men) charming, confident(,) and carefully
  dressed.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) Debonaire behaviour; graciousness.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  debonair
     Englanti a.
     hienostunut, tyylikäs

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Debonair /dˈɛbənˌeə/
  بشوش

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  debonair /dˈɛbənˌeə/ 
  sympatický

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  debonair /dˈɛbənˌeə/
  charmant, heiter, höflich

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  debonair /dˈɛbənˌeə/
  lässig-elegant

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  debonair /ˌdebəˈneə/ 
    elegancki, wyrafinowany

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  debonair /dˈɛbənˌeə/
  1. nazik, tatlı, güler yüzlü, şirin, zarif, hoş.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˌdɛbəˈnɛɹ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "debonair":
     affable, airy, breezy, buoyant, carefree, charming, cheerful,
     civil, corky, courteous, dapper, dashing, elegant, free and easy,
     gay, genteel, gracious, insouciant, jaunty, light, light-hearted,
     lighthearted, lightsome, mannerly, nonchalant, obliging, perky,
     pleasant, polite, refined, resilient, smooth, soignee, sprightly,
     suave, urbane, well-bred

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  adj.和蔼的；快乐的

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 殷勤的,高兴的

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