beauty

EnglishEdit

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beauty

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman and Old French beauté (early Old French spelling biauté), from Vulgar Latin *bellitās (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”); see beau.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈbjuːti/
- (US) /'bjuɾi/ /'bjuti/
- Audio (US)
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(Norfolk) IPA^(key): /ˈbuːti/
(Norfolk) Homophone: booty
Rhymes: -uːti

NounEdit

beauty (countable and uncountable, plural beauties)

The property, quality or state of being "that which pleases merely by being perceived" (Aquinas); that which is attractive, pleasing, fine or good looking; comeliness.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
  Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
- 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.
Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
That phrasing is a beauty.

What a goal, what a beauty.
An excellent or egregious example of something.
(with the definite article) The excellence, e.g. the genius
The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!
(physics, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
(obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
- Jeremy Taylor
  She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty.

Usage notesEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

(property, quality): gorgeousness, inspiration, loveliness, for semantic relationships of this sense, see Wikisaurus:beauty.
(someone who is beautiful): belle, looker, for semantic relationships of this sense, see Wikisaurus:beautiful person or Wikisaurus:beautiful woman.
(something pleasing): gem, jewel

AntonymsEdit

(property, quality): repulsiveness, homeliness, ugliness

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

quality of pleasing appearance

Ancient Greek: κάλλος n (kállos)
Arabic: جَمَال‎ (ar) m (jamāl), طَلَاوَة‎ f (ṭalāwa)
Egyptian Arabic: جمال‎ m (gamaal)
Armenian: գեղեցկություն (hy) (gełecʿkutʿyun)
Azeri: gözəllik (az)
Belarusian: прыгажо́сць f (pryhažóscʹ), хараство́ n (xarastvó), краса́ f (krasá)
Berber: aẓři, aẓli, tiẓilt
Bulgarian: ху́бост (bg) f (húbost), красота́ (bg) f (krasotá), пре́лест (bg) f (prélest)
Catalan: bellesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 美麗 (zh), 美丽 (zh) (měilì), 漂亮 (zh) (piàoliang)
Czech: krása (cs) f
Danish: skønhed c
Dutch: schoonheid (nl) f
Esperanto: belo
Finnish: kauneus (fi)
French: beauté (fr) f
Friulian: bielece f
Galician: beleza (gl) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Schönheit (de) f
Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹 f (skaunei)
Greek: ομορφιά (el) f (omorfiá)
Hebrew: יופי‎ m (yófi)
Hindi: सौन्दर्य (saundarya), सुंदरता (hi) (sundartā)
Hungarian: szépség (hu)
Icelandic: fegurð (is) f
Ido: beleso (io)
Ingrian: kaunehusse
Irish: áilleacht f, spéiriúlacht f, áille f
Istriot: balissa f
Italian: bellezza (it) f
Japanese: 美しさ (ja) (うつくしさ, utsukushisa), (component) 美 (ja) (び, bi)
Korean: 아름다움 (ko) (areumdaum)
Kurdish:
Sorani: جوانی‎ (ku)
Latin: pulchritudo f
Latvian: daiļums m, skaistums m, glītums m
Lithuanian: gražumas m, grožis (lt) m
Low German: Schöönheit f
Macedonian: уба́вина f (ubávina), красо́та f (krasóta), у́бост f (úbost)

Malayalam: സൗന്ദര്യം (ml) (saundaryaṃ), മനോഹാരിത (ml) (manōhārita)
Maltese: sbuħija f
Maori: rerehua
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: bieauté f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skjønnhet (no) m, f

Nynorsk: venleik (nn) m, skjønnheit (nn) f
Occitan: belesa (oc) f
Old English: fægernes f
Old French: biauté f
Persian: زیبایی‎ (fa), جمال‎ (fa), حسن‎ (fa), قشنگی‎ (fa)
Polish: piękno (pl) n, uroda (pl) f
Portuguese: beleza (pt) f
Romanian: frumusețe (ro) f
Romansch: bellezza f (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader), bellezia f (Sursilvan), baleztgia f (Sutsilvan), balegia f (Sutsilvan), belezza f (Surmiran)
Russian: красота́ (ru) f (krasotá), пре́лесть (ru) f (prélestʹ), краса́ (ru) f (krasá) (dated), лепота́ (ru) f (lepotá) (dated, poetic)
Sardinian: bellesa f
Scottish Gaelic: àilleachd f, maise f, sgèimh f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лепота f, красота f (poetic), бај m (poetic), дивота

Roman: lepota (sh) f, krasota (sh) f (poetic), baj (sh) m (poetic), divota (sh)
Sicilian: bidizza f
Slovak: krása f
Slovene: lepota (sl) f
Spanish: belleza (es) f
Swahili: urembo (sw), uzuri (sw), jamala (sw)
Swedish: skönhet (sv) c, fägring (sv) c (poetic)
Tagalog: ganda, kagandahan
Tajik: зебоӣ (tg) (zeboyī)
Tamil: அழகு (ta) (aḻaku), எழில் (ta) (eḻil), சௌந்தரியம் (ta) (cauntariyam)
Telugu: అందము (te) (aṃdamu), చక్కదనము (te) (cakkadanamu)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: güzellik (tr)
Tuvan: чаражы (čaražı)
Ukrainian: краса́ f (krasá), вро́да f (vróda)
Venetian: bełézsa f
Volapük: jön (vo)
Votic: ilozuz
Welsh: harddwch m, prydferthwch m
Yiddish: שיינקייט‎ f (sheynkeyt)

beautiful male

Bulgarian: красавец (bg) m (krasavec)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 帥哥 (zh), 帅哥 (zh) (shuàigē)
Dutch: beauty (nl), schoonheid (nl), schone (nl)
Esperanto: belulo
Finnish: komistus (fi)
German: (nominalized adjective) Schöner m
Japanese: 美少年 (bishōnen), 美男 (ja) (binan)
Korean: 미소년 (ko) (misonyeon), 미남 (ko) (minam)
Latvian: skaistulis m

Macedonian: у́бавец m (úbavec)
Malayalam: സുന്ദരന്‍ (sundaran‍)
Portuguese: beleza (pt) f
Russian: краса́вец (ru) m (krasávec), краса́вчик (ru) m (krasávčik)
Serbo-Croatian: ljepotan (sh)
Slovene: lepotec m
Spanish: guapo (es) m
Tamil: அழகன் (ta) (aḻakaṉ)
Telugu: అందగాడు (te) (aṃdagāḍu)
Volapük: (♂♀) jönan, (♂) hijönan

beautiful female

Arabic: حَسْنَاء‎ f (ḥasnāʾ), جَمِيلَة‎ f (jamīla), غَانِيَة‎ f (ḡāniya)
Armenian: գեղեցկուհի (hy) (gełecʿkuhi)
Belarusian: прыгажу́ня f (pryhažúnja), красу́ня f (krasúnja)
Bulgarian: красавица (bg) f (krasavica)
Catalan: bellesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 美人 (zh) (měirén), 美女 (zh) (měinǚ)
Czech: kráska f, krasavice f
Danish: skønhed c
Dutch: schoonheid (nl), schone (nl) f
Esperanto: belulino
Finnish: kaunokainen (fi), kaunotar (fi)
French: beauté (fr) f
German: Schönheit (de) f, Schöne f (nominalized adjective)
Greek: καλλονή (el) f (kalloní)
Hungarian: szépség (hu)
Interlingua: beltate
Italian: bellezza (it) f
Japanese: 美人 (ja) (びじん, bijin), 美女 (ja) (びじょ, bijo), 別嬪 (ja) (べっぴん, beppin) (dated)
Korean: 미인 (ko) (miin) (美人 (ko)), 미녀 (ko) (minyeo)
Latvian: skaistule f, daiļava f

Lithuanian: gražuolė f
Macedonian: уба́вица f (ubávica)
Malayalam: സുന്ദരി (ml) (sundari)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skjønnhet (no) m, f

Nynorsk: skjønnheit (nn) f
Polish: piękność (pl) f
Portuguese: beleza (pt) f, beldade (pt) f
Romanian: frumusețe (ro) f
Russian: краса́вица (ru) f (krasávica), красо́тка (ru) f (krasótka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лепотица f, љепотица f, лепојка f, љепојка f

Roman: lepotica (sh) f, ljepotica (sh) f, lepojka f, ljepojka (sh) f
Slovak: kráska f, krásavica f
Slovene: lepotica f
Spanish: guapa (es) f, belleza (es) f
Swedish: skönhet (sv) c
Tamil: அழகி (ta) (aḻaki)
Ukrainian: красу́ня f (krasúnja)
Vietnamese: mỹ nhân (vi) (美人), mỹ nữ (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) jönan, (♀) jijönan

something particularly good or pleasing

Bulgarian: красота (bg) f (krasota)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 美 (zh) (mĕi)
Czech: krása (cs) f
Dutch: juweeltje (nl) n, prachtexemplaar n
German: Prachtstück n
Latvian: skaistulis m, skaistums m

Malayalam: മനോഹരം (ml) (manōharaṃ), സുന്ദരം (ml) (sundaraṃ)
Norwegian: praktfull n
Polish: piękność (pl) f
Portuguese: beleza (pt) f
Russian: конфе́тка (ru) f (konfétka)
Spanish: belleza (es) f
Tamil: தலைசிறந்த (talaiciṟanta)

excellence

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} het mooie (nl) n

Hungarian: szépség (hu)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

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French: ^{(please verify)} beauté (fr) f
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} יופי‎ m (yofi)

Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} maise f, ^{(please verify)} brèaghachd f, ^{(please verify)} bòidhchead f, ^{(please verify)} grinneas m, ^{(please verify)} sgèimh f
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} ljepota (sh) f

InterjectionEdit

beauty

(Canada) Thanks! Cool!
It's the long weekend. Beauty!

AdjectiveEdit

beauty (comparative more beauty, superlative most beauty)

(Canada) Of high quality, well done.
He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.

StatisticsEdit

Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: heavy · single · foot · #617: beauty · attention · standing · books

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from English beauty.

PronunciationEdit

Audio
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Hyphenation: beau‧ty

NounEdit

beauty f (plural beauty's, diminutive beauty'tje n)

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
Human beauty, as the object or goal of cosmetics etc.

SynonymsEdit

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

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