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10 Language-to-English DictionariesCutting-edge design
/ˌkʌt.ɪŋ ˈɛdʒ dɪˈzaɪn/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The application of the most advanced, innovative, and pioneering concepts, styles, and technologies to create products, architecture, or digital interfaces.
"The new smartphone is celebrated for its cutting-edge design and seamless user experience." - 2
A style or methodology that breaks conventional boundaries and sets new industry standards for creativity and functionality.
"The museum's exhibition showcases cutting-edge design from contemporary architects around the globe."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'cutting-edge', originating from the metaphor of a sharp tool's blade in the late 19th century to denote being at the forefront of technological advancement, with 'design', derived from the Latin 'designare' meaning to mark out or designate. Together, it evolved in modern industrial and digital aesthetics to describe pioneering, highly innovative creative conception.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cutting-edge design" is said worldwide
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design de pointe
Transliteration: di-zain de pwant
"Cette voiture se distingue par son design de pointe."
zukunftsweisendes Design
Transliteration: tsu-kunfts-vai-sen-des di-zain
"Das Gebäude beeindruckt durch sein zukunftsweisendes Design."
design all'avanguardia
Transliteration: di-zain all'a-van-gwar-dia
"Il nuovo smartphone vanta un design all'avanguardia."
diseño de vanguardia
Transliteration: di-se-ño de van-gwar-dya
"La exposición presenta un diseño de vanguardia excepcional."
design de ponta
Transliteration: di-zain de pon-ta
"O novo escritório apresenta um design de ponta."
अत्याधुनिक डिज़ाइन
Transliteration: atyaadhunik dizain
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"इस उत्पाद में अत्याधुनिक डिज़ाइन का उपयोग किया गया है।"
前沿设计
Transliteration: qiányán shèjì
Script: 中文汉字
"这款新手机采用了前沿设计。"
최첨단 디자인
Transliteration: choe-cheom-dan di-ja-in
Script: 한국어 한글
"그 건축물은 최첨단 디자인으로 유명하다."
最先端のデザイン
Transliteration: saisen-tan no dizain
Script: 日本語
"この製品は最先端のデザインを採用しています。"
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