First English usage circa 1601. From Medieval Latin sophisticatus
sophisticated (comparative more sophisticated , superlative most sophisticated )
Of a person : having obtained worldly experience , and lacking naiveté ; cosmopolitan , worldly-wise .
Synonyms: sophisticate worldly Antonym: provincial
Of art or other things : appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral ; also, cultured , elegant , refined .
Synonym: sophisticate
Complicated , especially of complex technology .( obsolete ) Synonym: sophisticate Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance ; not genuine or pure ; unrefined , adulterated , impure .Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way. 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)
Swedish: sofistikerad (sv)
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)
Swedish: sofistikerad (sv) , raffinerad (sv)
Turkish: sofistike (tr)
Translations to be checked
sophisticated
simple past and past participle of sophisticate Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997