sophisticated

English

Etymology

First English usage circa 1601. From Medieval Latin sophisticatus.

Adjective

sophisticated (comparative more sophisticated, superlative most sophisticated)

1. Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.

   Synonyms: sophisticate, worldly

   Antonym: provincial

2. Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.

   Synonym: sophisticate

3. Complicated, especially of complex technology.
4. (obsolete)

   Synonym: sophisticate

   1. Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; adulterated, impure.
   2. Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way.

Derived terms

• pseudo-sophisticated
• sophisticated falsificationism

 

Related terms

• sophisticate
• sophist
• sophistry
• philosophy

Translations

having obtained worldly experience

• Bulgarian: изкушен (bg) (izkušen)
• Catalan: sofisticat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有经验的

• Dutch: wereldwijs (nl)
• Finnish: hienostunut (fi)
• French: cosmopolite (fr)
• German: erfahren (de), weltgewandt, kultiviert (de)
• Greek: έμπειρος (el) (émpeiros), πολύπειρος (el) (polýpeiros)
• Italian: sofisticato (it)
• Latin: urbānus (la)
• Macedonian: запознаен (zapoznaen), способен (sposoben), искусен (iskusen)
• Maori: mātanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sofistikert (no)

  Nynorsk: sofistikert

• Polish: obyty
• Portuguese: sofisticado (pt)
• Romanian: sofisticat (ro)
• Russian: искушённый (ru) (iskušónnyj), умудрённый (ru) (umudrjónnyj), о́пытный (ru) (ópytnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: sofisticiran (sh), prefinjen, iskusan (sh), vješt (sh)
• Spanish: de mundo, sofisticado (es)
• Swedish: världsvan (sv), erfaren (sv)
• Turkish: kozmopolit (tr)

elegant, refined

• Bulgarian: рафиниран (bg) (rafiniran)
• Dutch: gesofisticeerd (nl)
• French: chic (fr), raffiné (fr), mondain (fr), sophistiqué (fr)
• German: kultiviert (de), raffiniert (de)
• Greek: κομψός (el) (kompsós), εκλεπτυσμένος (el) (ekleptysménos)

  Ancient: ἀστεῖος (asteîos)

• Hungarian: kifinomult (hu)
• Latin: urbānus (la)
• Macedonian: префинет (prefinet), рафиниран (rafiniran), отмен (otmen)
• Portuguese: sofisticado (pt), requintado (pt)
• Turkish: rafine (tr), sofistike (tr), şık (tr)

complicated, especially of technology

• Belarusian: мудрагелісты (mudrahjelisty)
• Bulgarian: усложнен (bg) (usložnen), комплициран (bg) (kompliciran)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 先进的

• Czech: sofistikovaný (cs)
• Dutch: geperfectioneerd (nl)
• Finnish: monimutkainen (fi)
• French: sophistiqué (fr)
• German: hochentwickelt, raffiniert (de), ausgeklügelt (de)
• Greek: σύνθετος (el) (sýnthetos), πολύπλοκος (el) (polýplokos)

  Ancient: πολύπλοκος (polúplokos)

• Hungarian: kifinomult (hu)
• Italian: sofisticato (it)
• Korean: 정교한 (jeonggyohan)
• Macedonian: сложен (mk) (složen)
• Maori: marutuna
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sofistikert (no)

  Nynorsk: sofistikert

• Persian: پیشرفته (fa) (piš-rafte)
• Polish: złożony (pl), skomplikowany (pl)
• Portuguese: sofisticado (pt)
• Romanian: sofisticat (ro), complicat (ro)
• Russian: сло́жный (ru) (slóžnyj), мудрёный (ru) (mudrjónyj), замыслова́тый (ru) (zamyslovátyj)
• Spanish: sofisticado (es), complejo (es), complicado (es), elaborado (es)
• Turkish: komplike (tr)

appealing to the tastes of an intellectual

• Bulgarian: изтънчен (bg) (iztǎnčen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精炼的

• Finnish: hienostunut (fi), sivistynyt (fi)
• French: sophistiqué (fr)
• German: raffiniert (de)
• Greek: εγκεφαλικός (el) (egkefalikós)
• Italian: sofisticato (it)
• Macedonian: префинет (prefinet), истанчен (istančen)
• Maori: mātanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sofistikert (no)

  Nynorsk: sofistikert

• Polish: wyszukany (pl), wyrafinowany (pl), wymyślny
• Portuguese: sofisticado (pt)
• Romanian: rafinat (ro), elegant (ro), sofisticat (ro)
• Russian: утончённый (ru) (utončónnyj), изощрённый (ru) (izoščrjónnyj)
• Spanish: refinado (es), elegante (es), sofisticado (es)
• Turkish: sofistike (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} mondän (de)
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} ionnsaichte, ^{(please verify)} iùlmhor, ^{(please verify)} grinn, ^{(please verify)} foghlaimte
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} erudito (es)

Verb

sophisticated

1. simple past and past participle of sophisticate

References

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997