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Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?

Proto-Italic *dwenos

Old Latin duenos

Old Latin duonusder.

Old Latin *duenelos

Vulgar Latin bellus

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Vulgar Latin -tās

Vulgar Latin *bellitātem

Anglo-Norman biautébor.

Middle English beaute

English beauty

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From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#BEAUTY Category:English terms derived from Middle English#BEAUTY bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman Category:English terms derived from Anglo-Norman#BEAUTY and Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#BEAUTY beauté (early Old French spelling biauté), from Vulgar Latin Category:English terms derived from Vulgar Latin#BEAUTY *bellitātem (“beauty”), from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#BEAUTY bellus (“beautiful, fair”); see beau. In this sense, mostly displaced native Old English fæġernes, whence Modern English fairness.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbjuːti/Category:English 2-syllable words#BEAUTY Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEAUTY
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbjuti/, [-ɾi]Category:English 2-syllable words#BEAUTY Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEAUTY
(Canada) IPA^(key): [ˈbju̟ti], [ˈbju̟ːɾi], [ˈb(j)ɪu̯ɾ̥ɪ]Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEAUTY
Audio (General American): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BEAUTY
(Norfolk) IPA^(key): /ˈbuːti/Category:English 2-syllable words#BEAUTY Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEAUTY
Homophone: booty (Norfolk)Category:English terms with homophones#BEAUTY
Rhymes: -uːti Category:Rhymes:English/uːti#BEAUTY Category:Rhymes:English/uːti/2 syllables#BEAUTY
Hyphenation: beau‧ty

Noun

beauty (countable and uncountable, plural beauties)Category:English lemmas#BEAUTY Category:English nouns#BEAUTY Category:English uncountable nouns#BEAUTY Category:English countable nouns#BEAUTY Category:English countable nouns#BEAUTY Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BEAUTY Category:Pages with entries#BEAUTY Category:Pages with 2 entries#BEAUTY

(uncountable Category:English uncountable nouns#BEAUTY) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
- 1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 3, lines 1–5:
  A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
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- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
  ‘Say, hast thou seen enough!’ ‘I have looked on beauty, and I am blinded,’ I said hoarsely, lifting my hand to cover up my eyes.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BEAUTY
- 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
  Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BEAUTY
- 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 152:
  "The aviators didn't get him," Denham replied slowly. "What?" "It was Beauty. As always Beauty killed the Beast."
  Category:English terms with quotations#BEAUTY
- 1958 July, R. K. Kirkland, “Into the Mountains on the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 453:
  Much as one appreciates the beauty of these woodlands, it was good to learn that some discreet tree-felling may open up the view still further.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BEAUTY
- 1988, "… beauty and recollection, like danger, glamour, greed, hunger- everything but disappointment and desire- were concepts belonging to other people.” -Second Son, Robert Ferro
Someone who is beautiful.
Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty.
Category:English terms with usage examples#BEAUTY
- 2004 April 13, Nick Paton Walsh, “Ample Alyona shakes up Russian pageant”, in The Guardian‎:
  The website calls a vote for Alyona a vote against "beauties who do not look natural and who cannot be distinguished from each other" and rails against the "imposed standards" of 90-60-90 vital statistics, and "cigarettes with out nicotine and coffee without caffeine".
  Category:English terms with quotations#BEAUTY
(in the plural) Those aspects or elements that make someone or something beautiful.
- 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iii:
  There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.
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Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
What a goal! That was a real beauty!Category:English terms with usage examples#BEAUTY
An excellent or egregious example of something.
He got into a fight and ended up with two black eyes – two real beauties!Category:English terms with usage examples#BEAUTY
(with the definite article) The excellence or genius of a scheme or decision.
The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!Category:English terms with usage examples#BEAUTY
(particle physics Category:en:Subatomic particles#BEAUTY, obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#BEAUTY) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
a hair and beauty salonCategory:English terms with collocations#BEAUTY
- 2013, Bethany Rooney, Mary Lou Belli, Directors Tell the Story, page 184:
  When the beauty team departs the set, the AD will say, “Let’s go on a bell.” A bell sounds throughout the stage, and […]
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(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#BEAUTY) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
- 1653, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: Sermon XVIII. [The Marriage Ring; or, The Mysteriousness and Duties of Marriage.] Part II.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume V, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, page 277:
  Menander in the comedy brings in a man turning his wife from his house, because she stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty.
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(archaic Category:English terms with archaic senses#BEAUTY, in the plural) Beautiful passages or extracts of poetry.

Synonyms

(property, quality): good-lookingness, gorgeousness, inspiration, loveliness, see Thesaurus:beauty
(someone who is beautiful): belle, looker, good looker, see Thesaurus:beautiful person or Thesaurus:beautiful woman
(something pleasing): gem, jewel

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “property, quality”): repulsiveness, homeliness, ugliness

Derived terms

Collocations

Adjectives often applied to "beauty": natural, great, real, physical, exotic, inner, spiritual, strange, divine, visual, heavenly, intellectual, facial, attractive, sensuous, sensual, seductive, musical, austere, alluring, mathematical, geometric, astounding, bodily, pictorial.

Descendants

→ Cebuano: byuti

Translations

quality of pleasing appearance

Category:Entries with translation boxes#BEAUTY

Albanian: bukuri (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#BEAUTY
Altai:
Southern Altai: кӧркӱ (körkü)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#BEAUTY
Arabic: جَمَال (ar) m (jamāl)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BEAUTY, زَيْن (ar) m (zayn)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BEAUTY
Egyptian Arabic: جمال m (gamāl)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#BEAUTY

Moroccan Arabic: زين m (zayn)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#BEAUTY, زين m (zīn)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#BEAUTY
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܦܪܵܐ (šupra)Category:Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#BEAUTY
Armenian: գեղեցկություն (hy) (geġecʻkutʻyun)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BEAUTY
Assamese: সুন্দৰতা (xundorota)Category:Terms with Assamese translations#BEAUTY, সৌন্দৰ্য্য (xoundorzyo)Category:Terms with Assamese translations#BEAUTY
Azerbaijani: gözəllikCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BEAUTY, hüsnCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BEAUTY (poetic)
Bashkir: матурлыҡ (maturlıq)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#BEAUTY
Belarusian: прыгажо́сць f (pryhažóscʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BEAUTY, хараство́ n (xarastvó)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BEAUTY, краса́ f (krasá)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BEAUTY, прыгажо́сьць f (pryhažósʹcʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BEAUTY
Bengali: সৌন্দর্য (bn) (śōundorjo)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BEAUTY, খুবসুরতী (bn) (khubsuroti)Category:Bengali terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BEAUTY, জামাল (bn) (jamal)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BEAUTY
Bulgarian: ху́бост (bg) f (húbost)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BEAUTY, красота́ (bg) f (krasotá)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BEAUTY, пре́лест (bg) f (prélest)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BEAUTY
Burmese: အလှတရား (a.hla.ta.ra:)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#BEAUTY
Carpathian Rusyn: краса́ f (krasá)Category:Terms with Carpathian Rusyn translations#BEAUTY
Catalan: bellesa (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BEAUTY
Chinese:
Mandarin: 美麗 / 美丽 (zh) (měilì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BEAUTY, 漂亮 (zh) (piàoliang)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BEAUTY, 美 (zh) (měi)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BEAUTY

Wu: 美 (⁵me)Category:Terms with Wu translations#BEAUTY
Coptic: ⲙⲛⲧⲥⲁⲉⲓⲉ (mntsaeie)Category:Terms with Coptic translations#BEAUTY
Czech: krása (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BEAUTY
Danish: skønhed cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BEAUTY
Dutch: schoonheid (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BEAUTY
Egyptian:

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Esperanto: belecoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BEAUTY, beloCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BEAUTY
Estonian: iluCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#BEAUTY
Farefare: sõŋaCategory:Terms with Farefare translations#BEAUTY
Finnish: kauneus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BEAUTY
French: beauté (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#BEAUTY
Old French: biauté fCategory:Terms with Old French translations#BEAUTY
Friulian: bielece fCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#BEAUTY
Galician: beleza (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BEAUTY, fermosura fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BEAUTY
Georgian: სილამაზე (silamaze)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BEAUTY
German: Schönheit (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#BEAUTY
Greek: ομορφιά (el) f (omorfiá)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BEAUTY
Ancient Greek: κάλλος f (kállos)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BEAUTY
Hebrew: יופי / יֹפִי (he) m (yófi)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BEAUTY
Hindi: सौन्दर्य (saundarya)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BEAUTY, सुंदरता (hi) (sundartā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BEAUTY, ख़ूबसूरती f (xūbsūrtī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BEAUTY, हुस्न (hi) m (husna)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BEAUTY
Hungarian: szépség (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BEAUTY
Iban: bajikCategory:Terms with Iban translations#BEAUTY
Icelandic: fegurð (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#BEAUTY
Ido: beleso (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#BEAUTY
Ingrian: käpehysCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#BEAUTY
Irish: áilleacht fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BEAUTY, spéiriúlacht fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BEAUTY, áille fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BEAUTY, scéimh fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BEAUTY, maise fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BEAUTY, breáichte fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BEAUTY
Istriot: balissa fCategory:Terms with Istriot translations#BEAUTY
Italian: bellezza (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BEAUTY
Japanese: 美しさ (ja) (うつくしさ, utsukushisa)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BEAUTY, (component) 美 (ja) (び, bi)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BEAUTY
Kazakh: әсемдік (äsemdık)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BEAUTY, сұлулық (sūlulyq)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BEAUTY
Korean: 아름다움 (ko) (areumdaum)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BEAUTY, 미(美) (ko) (mi)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BEAUTY
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: جوانی (ckb) (cwanî)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#BEAUTY
Kyrgyz: сулуулук (ky) (suluuluk)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BEAUTY, кооздук (ky) (koozduk)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BEAUTY, көрүк (körük)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BEAUTY
Latin: pulchritūdō fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BEAUTY, formōsitās fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BEAUTY
Latvian: daiļums mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BEAUTY, skaistums mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BEAUTY, glītums mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BEAUTY
Lithuanian: gražumas mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BEAUTY, grožis (lt) mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BEAUTY
Low German: Schöönheit fCategory:Terms with Low German translations#BEAUTY
Macedonian: уба́вина f (ubávina)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BEAUTY, красо́та f (krasóta)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BEAUTY, у́бост f (úbost)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BEAUTY
Malayalam: സൗന്ദര്യം (ml) (saundaryaṁ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#BEAUTY, മനോഹാരിത (ml) (manōhārita)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#BEAUTY
Maltese: sbuħija fCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#BEAUTY, ġmielCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#BEAUTY
Manx: aalid mCategory:Terms with Manx translations#BEAUTY, aalinidCategory:Terms with Manx translations#BEAUTY, bwoyid mCategory:Terms with Manx translations#BEAUTY, stoamidCategory:Terms with Manx translations#BEAUTY
Māori: rerehuaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BEAUTY, purotutangaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BEAUTY
Marathi: सौंदर्य n (saundarya)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#BEAUTY, सुंदरता f (sundartā)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#BEAUTY
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гоо үзэсгэлэн (goo üzesgelen)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BEAUTY, сайхан байдал (sajxan bajdal)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BEAUTY
Nheengatu: purangasawaCategory:Terms with Nheengatu translations#BEAUTY
Norman: bieauté fCategory:Terms with Norman translations#BEAUTY (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skjønnhet (no) m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BEAUTY

Nynorsk: venleik (nn) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BEAUTY, skjønnheit (nn) fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BEAUTY
Occitan: belesa (oc) fCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#BEAUTY
Old English: fægernes fCategory:Terms with Old English translations#BEAUTY
Pannonian Rusyn: краса f (krasa)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#BEAUTY, красота f (krasota)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#BEAUTY
Pashto: ښکلا (ps) f (x̌kalā)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#BEAUTY
Persian:
Iranian Persian: زیبایی (fa) (zibâyi)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Persian translations#BEAUTY, جَمال (jamâl)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Persian translations#BEAUTY, حُسْن (hosn)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Persian translations#BEAUTY
Plautdietsch: Scheenheit fCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#BEAUTY
Polish: piękno (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BEAUTY, uroda (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BEAUTY, krasa fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BEAUTY, pięknota fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BEAUTY (archaic), krasota fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BEAUTY (archaic)
Portuguese: beleza (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BEAUTY
Prakrit:
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀭𑀽𑀅 (rūa)Category:Terms with Maharastri Prakrit translations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Prakrit translations#BEAUTY
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਸੁੰਦਰਤਾ (pa) (sundratā)Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#BEAUTY
Romanian: frumusețe (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BEAUTY
Romansh: bellezza fCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#BEAUTY (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader), bellezia fCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#BEAUTY (Sursilvan), baleztgia fCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#BEAUTY (Sutsilvan), balegia fCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#BEAUTY (Sutsilvan), belezza fCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#BEAUTY (Surmiran)
Russian: красота́ (ru) f (krasotá)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BEAUTY, пре́лесть (ru) f (prélestʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BEAUTY, краса́ (ru) f (krasá)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BEAUTY (dated), лепота́ (ru) f (lepotá)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BEAUTY (dated, poetic)
Sanskrit: इन्दिरा (sa) f (indirā)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#BEAUTY
Sardinian: bellesa fCategory:Terms with Sardinian translations#BEAUTY
Scots: beautyCategory:Terms with Scots translations#BEAUTY, brawnessCategory:Terms with Scots translations#BEAUTY
Scottish Gaelic: àilleachd fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY, maise fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY, sgèimh fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY, bòidhchead fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лепота fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY, красота fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY (poetic), бај mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY (poetic), дивотаCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY

Latin: lepota (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY, krasota (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY (poetic), baj (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY (poetic), divota (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY
Sicilian: bidizza fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#BEAUTY
Slovak: krása fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BEAUTY
Slovene: lepota (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#BEAUTY
Somali: quruxCategory:Terms with Somali translations#BEAUTY
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: rědnosć fCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#BEAUTY
Spanish: belleza (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BEAUTY, hermosura (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BEAUTY, preciosidad (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BEAUTY, preciosura (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BEAUTY, beldad (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BEAUTY, lindeza (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BEAUTY, fermosura (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BEAUTY (disused)
Sudovian: grozis mCategory:Terms with Sudovian translations#BEAUTY
Swahili: urembo (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#BEAUTY, uzuri (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#BEAUTY, jamala (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#BEAUTY
Swedish: skönhet (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BEAUTY, fägring (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BEAUTY (poetic)
Tagalog: gandaCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BEAUTY, kagandahanCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BEAUTY
Tajik: зебоӣ (tg) (zeboyi)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BEAUTY, ҷамол (jamol)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BEAUTY, ҳусн (husn)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BEAUTY
Tamil: அழகு (ta) (aḻaku)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BEAUTY, எழில் (ta) (eḻil)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BEAUTY, சௌந்தரியம் (ta) (cauntariyam)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BEAUTY
Tarifit: aẓriCategory:Terms with Tarifit translations#BEAUTY
Tatar: матурлык (tt) (maturlıq)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#BEAUTY
Telugu: అందము (te) (andamu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#BEAUTY, చక్కదనము (te) (cakkadanamu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#BEAUTY
Thai: ความสวย (th) (kwaam-sǔai)Category:Terms with Thai translations#BEAUTY, ความสวยงาม (th) (kwaam-sǔai-ngaam)Category:Terms with Thai translations#BEAUTY
Tibetan: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Tibetan#BEAUTY
Turkish: güzellik (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BEAUTY, hüsün (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BEAUTY
Turkmen: gözellikCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#BEAUTY
Tuvan: чаражы (çarajı)Category:Terms with Tuvan translations#BEAUTY
Ukrainian: краса́ f (krasá)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BEAUTY, вро́да f (vróda)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BEAUTY
Urdu: خُوبْصُورْتی f (xūbsūrtī)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BEAUTY, حُسْن m (husn)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BEAUTY, جَمال m (jamāl)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BEAUTY, زَین f (zain)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BEAUTY
Uyghur: گۈزەللىك (güzellik)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#BEAUTY
Uzbek: goʻzallik (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#BEAUTY
Venetan: bełeça fCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#BEAUTY
Vietnamese: đẹp (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BEAUTY
Volapük: jön (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#BEAUTY
Votic: lustiuᴢCategory:Terms with Votic translations#BEAUTY
Welsh: harddwch mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#BEAUTY, prydferthwch mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#BEAUTY
Yakut: кэрэ (kere)Category:Terms with Yakut translations#BEAUTY
Yiddish: שיינקײַט f (sheynkayt)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BEAUTY

someone beautiful: male

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Belarusian: прыгажу́н m (pryhažún)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BEAUTY, красу́н m (krasún)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BEAUTY
Bulgarian: краса́вец (bg) m (krasávec)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BEAUTY
Chinese:
Mandarin: 帥哥 / 帅哥 (zh) (shuàigē)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BEAUTY
Dutch: beauty (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BEAUTY, schoonheid (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BEAUTY, schone (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BEAUTY
Esperanto: beluloCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BEAUTY
Finnish: komistus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BEAUTY
German: (nominalized adjective) Schöner mCategory:Terms with German translations#BEAUTY
Hindi: सुन्दर (hi) m (sundar)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BEAUTY
Japanese: 美少年 (ja) (びしょうねん, bishōnen)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BEAUTY, 美男 (ja) (びなん, binan)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BEAUTY, 美男子 (ja) (びだんし, bidanshi)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BEAUTY, 美青年 (ja) (びせいねん, biseinen)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BEAUTY, イケメン (ja) (いけめん, ikemen)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BEAUTY
Kazakh: сұлу (sūlu)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BEAUTY
Korean: 미소년(美少年) (ko) (misonyeon)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BEAUTY, 미남(美男) (ko) (minam)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BEAUTY
Latvian: skaistulis mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BEAUTY
Macedonian: у́бавец m (úbavec)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BEAUTY
Malayalam: സുന്ദരൻ (ml) (sundaraṉ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#BEAUTY
Nheengatu: purangasawaCategory:Terms with Nheengatu translations#BEAUTY
Okinawan: 清らー (ちゅらー, churā)Category:Terms with Okinawan translations#BEAUTY
Polish: urodziwiec mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BEAUTY, przystojniak (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BEAUTY
Portuguese: beleza (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BEAUTY
Russian: краса́вец (ru) m (krasávec)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BEAUTY, краса́вчик (ru) m (krasávčik)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BEAUTY
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лепотан mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY, љепотан mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY

Latin: lepotan (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY, ljepotan (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY
Slovene: lepotec mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#BEAUTY
Spanish: guapo (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BEAUTY
Tagalog: gwapoCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BEAUTY
Tamil: அழகன் (ta) (aḻakaṉ)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BEAUTY
Telugu: అందగాడు (te) (andagāḍu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#BEAUTY
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: كوزل (güzel, gözel)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#BEAUTY
Ukrainian: кра́сень m (krásenʹ)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BEAUTY, красу́нь m (krasúnʹ)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BEAUTY, вродли́вець m (vrodlývecʹ)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BEAUTY, хорошу́н (uk) m (xorošún)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BEAUTY, гарню́к m (harnjúk)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BEAUTY
Volapük: (♂♀) jönanCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#BEAUTY, (♂) hijönanCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#BEAUTY

someone beautiful: female

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Arabic: حَسْنَاء (ar) f (ḥasnāʔ)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BEAUTY, جَمِيلَة f (jamīla)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BEAUTY, غَانِيَة f (ḡāniya)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BEAUTY
Armenian: գեղեցկուհի (hy) (geġecʻkuhi)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BEAUTY
Belarusian: прыгажу́ня f (pryhažúnja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BEAUTY, красу́ня f (krasúnja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BEAUTY, кра́ля f (králja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BEAUTY
Bengali: সুন্দরী (bn) (śundori)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BEAUTY
Bulgarian: краса́вица (bg) f (krasávica)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BEAUTY
Catalan: bellesa (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BEAUTY
Chinese:
Cantonese: 美人 (mei⁵ jan⁴)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#BEAUTY, 美女 (yue) (mei⁵ neoi⁵)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#BEAUTY

Mandarin: 美人 (zh) (měirén)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BEAUTY, 美女 (zh) (měinǚ)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BEAUTY
Czech: kráska (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BEAUTY, krasavice (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BEAUTY
Danish: skønhed cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BEAUTY
Dutch: schoonheid (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BEAUTY, schone (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BEAUTY
Esperanto: belulinoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#BEAUTY
Finnish: kaunokainen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BEAUTY, kaunotar (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BEAUTY
French: beauté (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#BEAUTY
Georgian: მზეთუნახავი (mzetunaxavi)Category:Georgian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BEAUTY
German: Schönheit (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#BEAUTY, Schöne (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#BEAUTY (nominalized adjective)
Greek: καλλονή (el) f (kalloní)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BEAUTY
Hebrew: יְפֵהפִיָה f (yfēfiyá)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BEAUTY
Hindi: सुन्दरी (hi) f (sundarī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BEAUTY
Hungarian: szépség (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BEAUTY
Interlingua: beltate (ia)Category:Terms with Interlingua translations#BEAUTY
Irish: ainnir fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BEAUTY, bé fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BEAUTY, spéirbhean fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BEAUTY
Italian: bellezza (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BEAUTY
Japanese: 美人 (ja) (びじん, bijin)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BEAUTY, 美女 (ja) (びじょ, bijo)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BEAUTY, 別嬪 (ja) (べっぴん, beppin)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BEAUTY (dated)
Kazakh: сұлу (sūlu)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BEAUTY, ару (aru)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BEAUTY
Korean: 미인(美人) (ko) (miin)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BEAUTY, 미녀(美女) (ko) (minyeo)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BEAUTY
Latvian: skaistule fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BEAUTY, daiļava fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BEAUTY
Lithuanian: gražuolė fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BEAUTY
Macedonian: уба́вица f (ubávica)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BEAUTY
Malayalam: സുന്ദരി (ml) (sundari)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#BEAUTY
Nheengatu: purangasawaCategory:Terms with Nheengatu translations#BEAUTY
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skjønnhet (no) m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BEAUTY

Nynorsk: skjønnheit (nn) fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BEAUTY
Okinawan: 清らー (ちゅらー, churā)Category:Terms with Okinawan translations#BEAUTY, 清ら影 (ちゅらかーぎー, churakāgī)Category:Terms with Okinawan translations#BEAUTY
Okinoerabu: 清ら女 (ちゅらうなぐ, churaunagu)Category:Terms with Okinoerabu translations#BEAUTY
Pannonian Rusyn: красавица f (krasavica)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#BEAUTY, красотка f (krasotka)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#BEAUTY
Polish: piękność (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BEAUTY, krasawica (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BEAUTY (archaic), laska (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BEAUTY (low colloquial)
Portuguese: beleza (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BEAUTY, beldade (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BEAUTY
Punjabi: ਸੁੰਦਰੀ (pa) f (sudarī)Category:Punjabi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#BEAUTY
Romanian: frumusețe (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BEAUTY
Russian: краса́вица (ru) f (krasávica)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BEAUTY, красо́тка (ru) f (krasótka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BEAUTY, кра́ля (ru) f (králja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BEAUTY (low colloquial)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лепотица fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY, љепотица fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY, лепојка fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY, љепојка fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY

Latin: lepotica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY, ljepotica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY, lepojka fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY, ljepojka (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY
Slovak: kráska fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BEAUTY, krásavica fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BEAUTY
Slovene: lepotica fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#BEAUTY
Spanish: guapa (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BEAUTY, belleza (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BEAUTY
Swedish: skönhet (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BEAUTY
Tamil: அழகி (ta) (aḻaki)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BEAUTY
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: كوزل (güzel, gözel)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#BEAUTY
Ukrainian: красу́ня f (krasúnja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BEAUTY, вродли́виця f (vrodlývycja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BEAUTY, красу́ха f (krasúxa)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BEAUTY, кра́ля (uk) f (králja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BEAUTY, хорошу́ля f (xorošúlja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BEAUTY
Vietnamese: mỹ nhân (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BEAUTY (美人Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BEAUTY), mỹ nữ (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BEAUTY, mĩ nữCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BEAUTY
Volapük: (♂♀) jönanCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#BEAUTY, (♀) jijönanCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#BEAUTY
Yoron: めーらび (mērabi)Category:Terms with Yoron translations#BEAUTY

something particularly good or pleasing

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Bulgarian: красота́ (bg) f (krasotá)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BEAUTY
Chinese:
Mandarin: 美 (zh) (měi)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BEAUTY Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BEAUTY
Czech: krása (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BEAUTY
Dutch: juweeltje (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BEAUTY, prachtexemplaar (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BEAUTY
Finnish: kaunokainen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BEAUTY
German: Prachtstück (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#BEAUTY
Latvian: skaistulis mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BEAUTY, skaistums mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BEAUTY
Malayalam: മനോഹരം (ml) (manōharaṁ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#BEAUTY, സുന്ദരം (ml) (sundaraṁ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#BEAUTY
Polish: piękność (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BEAUTY
Portuguese: beleza (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BEAUTY
Russian: конфе́тка (ru) f (konfétka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BEAUTY
Spanish: belleza (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BEAUTY
Tamil: அழகு (ta) (aḻaku)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BEAUTY

excellent or egregious example of something

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excellence or genius

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Dutch: ^{(please verify)} het mooie (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BEAUTY Category:Requests for review of Dutch translations#BEAUTY
Finnish: kauneus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BEAUTY
Hungarian: szépség (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BEAUTY
Tamil: அழகு (ta) (aḻaku)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BEAUTY, சிறப்பு (ta) (ciṟappu)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BEAUTY

beauty quark — see bottom quark

beauty treatment — see cosmetology

prevailing style or taste

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Finnish: kauneusihanneCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#BEAUTY

beautiful passages or extracts of poetry

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French: ^{(please verify)} beauté (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#BEAUTY Category:Requests for review of French translations#BEAUTY
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} יופי (he) m (yofi)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BEAUTY Category:Requests for review of Hebrew translations#BEAUTY
Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} maise fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY Category:Requests for review of Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY, ^{(please verify)} brèaghachd fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY Category:Requests for review of Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY, ^{(please verify)} bòidhchead fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY Category:Requests for review of Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY, ^{(please verify)} grinneas mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY Category:Requests for review of Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY, ^{(please verify)} sgèimh fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY Category:Requests for review of Scottish Gaelic translations#BEAUTY
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} ljepota (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY Category:Requests for review of Serbo-Croatian translations#BEAUTY

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Category:Dutch terms borrowed from English#BEAUTY Category:Dutch terms derived from English#BEAUTY beauty.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbjuː.ti/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#BEAUTY
Audio: (file)
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Hyphenation: beau‧ty

Noun

beauty f (plural beauty's, diminutive beauty'tje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BEAUTY Category:Dutch nouns#BEAUTY Category:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#BEAUTY Category:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BEAUTY Category:Dutch feminine nouns#BEAUTY Category:Pages with entries#BEAUTY Category:Pages with 2 entries#BEAUTY

a beauty, looker, beautiful person
a beautiful other creature or thing
Die prachtige hengst is al net zo'n beauty als z'n ruiter
That gorgeous stallion is as much of a beauty as his rider
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human beauty, as the object or goal of cosmetics etc.

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schoonheid
(beautiful thing only): juweeltje n, prachtexemplaar n

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