venustà

See also: venusta

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin venustātem (“loveliness”, “beauty”), from Proto-Italic *wenostāts (“beauty”), from Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁osteh₂ts, ultimately from the root *wenh₁- (“to love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve.nuˈsta/^*
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ve‧nu‧stà

Noun

venustà f (invariable)

1. (literary) beauty with a specific component of gracefulness, esp. said of feminine beauty

   Synonyms: bellezza, (literary) beltà

Related terms

• venusto

Anagrams

• svenuta