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élaboré

elaborate

adjective eh-lah-boh-REH Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Also means

sophisticated

Usage Note

Élaboré (feminine élaborée) describes something worked out in careful detail — a plan, a meal, or a theory. Un repas élaboré suggests a multi-course, carefully crafted meal. As a past participle it also functions in compound tenses of élaborer ('to develop/work out').

Examples

"Ils ont présenté un plan très élaboré."

Natural Translation

They presented a very elaborate plan.

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