beauty

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbjuːti/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbjuːɾi/

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• Rhymes: -uːti

Noun

beauty (countable and uncountable; plural beauties)

1. 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
2. Someone who is beautiful.

   Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty.

3. Something that is particularly good or pleasing.

   That phrasing is a beauty.

   What a goal, what a beauty.

4. An excellent or egregious example of something.
5. (with the definite article) The excellence, e.g. the genius

   The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!

6. (physics, obsolete) A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).

Usage notes

• 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.

Synonyms

• (property, quality): gorgeousness, inspiration, loveliness
• (someone who is beautiful): belle, looker
• (something pleasing): gem, jewel
• See also Wikisaurus:beauty
• See also Wikisaurus:beautiful woman

Antonyms

• (property, quality): repulsiveness, homeliness, ugliness

Derived terms

Derived terms

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beauty pageant beauty parlor beauty quark beauty salon beauty school beauty shop beauty sleep beauty spot beauty strip beautyberry beautybush beautydom beautyhood beautyship California beauty Camberwell beauty line of beauty meadow beauty painted beauty raw beauty Rome beauty Rutland beauty Sleeping Beauty spring beauty

Translations

quality of pleasing appearance

Ancient Greek: κάλλος (kallos) n. Anglo-Norman: biauté f. Arabic: جمال (ar) (jamaal) m., طلاوة (ar) (Talaawa) f. Armenian: գեղեցկություն (hy) (geġec'kut'yun) Azeri: gözəllik (az) Bulgarian: хубост (bg), красота (bg), прелест (bg) Catalan: bellesa (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 美麗 (cmn), 美丽 (cmn) (měilì), 漂亮 (cmn) (piàoliang) Croatian: ljepota (hr), divota (hr), krasota (hr) Czech: krása (cs) f. Danish: skønhed (da) c. Dutch: schoonheid (nl) f. Esperanto: belo (eo) Finnish: kauneus (fi) French: beauté (fr) f. Old French: biauté f. German: Schönheit (de) f. Greek: ομορφιά (el) (omorfiá) f. Hungarian: szépség (hu) Irish: áilleacht (ga) 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: جوانی (ku) Latvian: daiļums (lv) m. Lithuanian: gražumas (lt) m., grožis (lt) m. Macedonian: убавина (mk) (ubávina) f., красота (mk) (krasóta) f., убост (mk) (úbost) f. Malayalam: സൗന്ദര്യം (ml) (saundaryam), മനോഹാരിത (ml) (manoharitha) Persian: زیبایی (fa), جمال (fa), حسن (fa) Polish: piękno (pl) n. Portuguese: beleza (pt) f. Romanian: frumusețe (ro) f. Russian: красота (ru) (krasotá) f. Scottish Gaelic: àilleachd (gd) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: лепота f., красота (poetic) f., бај (poetic) m. Roman: lepota f., krasota (poetic) f., baj (poetic) m. Slovene: lepota (sl) f. Spanish: belleza (es) f. Swahili: urembo (sw), uzuri (sw) Swedish: skönhet (sv) c. Tajik: зебоӣ (tg) Tamil: அழகு (ta) (azhaku), எழில் (ta) (ezhil) Turkish: güzellik (tr) Volapük: jön (vo) Welsh: harddwch (cy) m., prydferthwch (cy) m.

beautiful male

Bulgarian: красавец (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Croatian: ljepotan (hr) Dutch: beauty (nl), schoonheid (nl), schone (nl) Esperanto: belulo (eo) Finnish: komistus (fi) Japanese: 美少年 (ja) (bishōnen)

Macedonian: убавец (mk) (úbavec) m. Malayalam: സുന്ദരന്‍ (ml) (sundaran) Russian: красавец (ru) (krasáv'ec) m., красавчик (ru) (krasávčik) m. Slovene: lepotec (sl) m. Spanish: guapo (es) m. Tamil: அழகன் (ta) (azhakan) Volapük: (male or female) jönan (vo), (male) hijönan (vo)

beautiful female

Arabic: حسناء (ar) (Hasnaa') f., جميلة (ar) (jamiila) f., غانية (ar) (ghaaniya) f. Armenian: գեղեցկուհի (hy) (geġec'kuhi) Bulgarian: красавица (bg) Catalan: bellesa (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 美人 (cmn) (měirén), 美女 (cmn) (měinǚ) Croatian: ljepotica (hr) Czech: kráska (cs) f., krasavice (cs) f. Dutch: schoonheid (nl), schone (nl) f. Esperanto: belulino (eo) Finnish: kaunokainen (fi), kaunotar (fi) French: beauté (fr) f. German: Schönheit (de) f. Greek: καλλονή (el) f. (kaloni) Hungarian: szépség (hu) 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)) Lithuanian: gražuolė (lt) f. Macedonian: убавица (mk) (ubávica) f. Malayalam: സുന്ദരി (ml) (sundari) Norwegian: skjønnhet (no) f. Polish: piękność (pl) f. Portuguese: beleza (pt) f. Romanian: frumusețe (ro) Russian: красавица (ru) (krasávica) f., красотка (ru) (krasótka) f. Serbian: lepotica (sr) f., lepojka (sr) f. Slovene: lepotica (sl) f. Spanish: guapa (es) f. Swedish: skönhet (sv) c. Tamil: அழகி (ta) (azhaki) Vietnamese: mỹ nhân (vi) (美人 (vi)) Volapük: (male or female) jönan (vo), (male) hijönan (vo)

something particularly good or pleasing

Bulgarian: красота (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 美 (mĕi) Czech: krása (cs) f. Dutch: juweeltje n., prachtexemplaar n. German: Prachtstück n. Malayalam: മനോഹരം (ml) (manoharam), സുന്ദരം (ml) (sundaram)

Norwegian: praktfull (no) n. Polish: piękność (pl) f. Portuguese: beleza (pt) f. Russian: конфетка (ru) (konf'étka) f. Tamil: தலைசிறந்த (ta) (thalaiciRantha)

excellence

Dutch: het mooie n.

Hungarian: szépség (hu)

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Serbo-Croatian: ljepota f. French: beauté f. Hebrew: יופי (yofi) m. Ido: beleso

Scottish Gaelic: maise f., brèaghachd f., bòidhchead f., grinneas m., sgèimh f. Spanish: belleza f., hermosura f.

See also

• usefulness

Interjection

beauty

1. (Canada) Thanks! Cool!

   It's the long weekend. Beauty!

Adverb

beauty (comparative more beauty, superlative most beauty)

1. (Canada) Of high quality, well done.

   He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.

Statistics

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

External links

• beauty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• beauty in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Dutch

Etymology

From English beauty.

Noun

beauty ? (plural beauty's or beauties, diminutive beauty'tje)

1. A beauty, looker, beautiful person
2. 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

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

Synonyms

• schoonheid
• (beautiful thing only) juweeltje n., prachtexemplaar n.