looks
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
looks
Noun edit
looks pl (plural only)
- One's appearance or attractiveness.
- His charm and good looks accounted for much of his popularity in the polls.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
appearance
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Verb edit
looks
- third-person singular simple present indicative of look
Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
looks m
Ingrian edit
→○ | translative | looks |
---|---|---|
○ | essive | loonna, loon |
○→ | exessive | loont |
Etymology edit
From the translative of Proto-Finnic *loo-.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈloːkse/, [ˈɫoːks̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈloːks/, [ˈɫo̝ːkʃ]
- Rhymes: -oːks
- Hyphenation: looks
Postposition edit
looks (+ genitive)
- (of motion) to, toward
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
- Kissa Muri mäni kirjan looks ja noisi käpälänkä lehtijää liikuttelemaa.
- Muri the cat went towards the book and began to turn the pages with [its] paw.
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 276
Spanish edit
Noun edit
looks m pl