Venetian edit

Etymology edit

From beło, or possibly from Vulgar Latin *bellitia, from Latin bellus. Compare Italian bellezza, Istriot balissa, Friulian bielece, Romansch baleztgia, Sicilian biddizza, Catalan bellesa, Sardinian bellesa.

Noun edit

bełézsa f (plural bełézse)

  1. beauty

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “belezza”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 74