beau
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
French beau, Latin bellus "beautiful".
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /bəʊ/, /bo/
- Audio (UK)help, file
- Homophones: bow
[edit] Noun
- (dated) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 21
- “I do not comprehend the meaning of the word. But this I can say, that if he ever was a beau before he married, he is one still, for there is not the smallest alteration in him.”
- “Oh! dear! one never thinks of married mens’[sic] being beaux—they have something else to do.”
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 21
- (dated) A male lover; a boyfriend.
- A male escort.
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- beau in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
beau m. (f. belle, m. plural beaux, f. plural belles)
[edit] Usage notes
Use the form 'bel' before a singular masculine noun that begins with a vowel.
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[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [bʲæw]
[edit] Verb
beau
- first-person singular present tense form of bea.
- first-person singular subjunctive form of bea.
- third-person plural present tense form of bea.
- third-person plural imperfect form of bea.

