beauty

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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^(key): /ˈbjuːti/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈbjuːɾi]

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• (Norfolk) IPA^(key): /ˈbuːti/
• (Norfolk) Homophone: booty
• 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).
7. Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
8. (obsolete) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
   • Jeremy Taylor

     She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty.

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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Translations

quality of pleasing appearance

• Ancient Greek: κάλλος n (kallos)
• Arabic: جمال (ar) m (jamaal), طلاوة f (Talaawa)

  Egyptian Arabic: جمال m (gamaal)

• Armenian: գեղեցկություն (hy) (gełecʿkutʿyun)
• Azeri: gözəllik (az)
• Belarusian: прыго́жасць f (pryhóžascʹ), хараство́ n (xarastvó), краса́ f (krasá)
• Bulgarian: хубост (bg) f (húbost), красота (bg) f (krasotá), прелест (bg) f (prélest)
• Catalan: bellesa 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
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schönheit (de) f
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹 f (skaunei)
• Greek: ομορφιά (el) f (omorfiá)
• Hindi: सौन्दर्य, सुंदरता
• Hungarian: szépség (hu)
• Icelandic: fegurð (is) f
• Ingrian: kaunehusse
• Irish: áilleacht f, spéiriúlacht f
• Italian: bellezza (it) f
• Japanese: 美しさ (ja) (うつくしさ, utsukushisa), (component) 美 (ja) (び, bi)
• Jèrriais: bieauté f
• Korean: 아름다움 (ko) (areumdaum)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: جوانی

• Latvian: daiļums m, skaistums m, glītums m
• Lithuanian: gražumas m, grožis (lt) m
• Low German: Schöönheit f
• Macedonian: убавина f (ubávina), красота f (krasóta), убост f (úbost)

• Malayalam: സൗന്ദര്യം (ml) (saundaryam), മനോഹാരിത (ml) (manoharitha)
• Maltese: sbuħija f
• Maori: rerehua
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skjønnhet (no) m, f

  Nynorsk: venleik (nn) m, skjønnheit (nn) f

• Occitan: belesa 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, bellezia f, baleztgia f, balegia f, belezza f
• Russian: красота (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
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лепота f, красота f (poetic), бај m (poetic), дивота

  Roman: lepota f, krasota f (poetic), baj m (poetic), divota

• Sicilian: bidizza f
• Slovak: krása f
• Slovene: lepota (sl) f
• Spanish: belleza (es) f
• Swahili: urembo (sw), uzuri (sw)
• Swedish: skönhet (sv) c
• Tajik: зебоӣ (tg) (zeboyī)
• Tamil: அழகு (ta) (azhaku), எழில் (ta) (ezhil)
• Telugu: అందము (te) (amdamu)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: güzellik (tr)
• Tuvan: чаражы (čaražy)
• Ukrainian: краса́ f (krasá), вро́да f (vróda)
• Volapük: jön (vo)
• Votic: ilozuz
• Welsh: harddwch m, prydferthwch m

beautiful male

• Bulgarian: красавец (bg) (krasavec)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帥哥, 帅哥 (zh) (shuàigē)

• Dutch: beauty, schoonheid (nl), schone (nl)
• Esperanto: belulo
• Finnish: komistus (fi)
• German: (nominalized adjective) Schöner m
• Japanese: 美少年 (bishōnen), 美男 (ja) (binan)
• Latvian: skaistulis m
• Macedonian: убавец m (úbavec)

• Malayalam: സുന്ദരന്‍ (sundaran)
• Portuguese: beleza (pt) f
• Russian: красавец (ru) m (krasávec), красавчик (ru) m (krasávčik)
• Serbo-Croatian: ljepotan
• Slovene: lepotec m
• Spanish: guapo (es) m
• Tamil: அழகன் (ta) (azhakan)
• Telugu: అందగాడు (te) (amdagāḍu)
• Volapük: (♂♀) jönan, (♂) hijönan

beautiful female

• Arabic: حسناء f (Hasnaa'), جميلة f (jamiila), غانية f (ghaaniya)
• Armenian: գեղեցկուհի (gełecʿkuhi)
• Belarusian: прыгажу́ня f (pryhažúnja), красу́ня f (krasúnja)
• Bulgarian: красавица (bg) (krasavica)
• Catalan: bellesa 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, kaunotar (fi)
• French: beauté (fr) f
• German: Schönheit (de) f, (nominalized adjective) Schöne f
• Greek: καλλονή (el) f (kalloní) (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)), 미녀 (ko) (minyeo)
• Latvian: skaistule f, daiļava f
• Lithuanian: gražuolė f

• Macedonian: убавица 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)
• Russian: красавица (ru) f (krasávica), красотка (ru) f (krasótka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лепотица f, љепотица f, лепојка f, љепојка f

  Roman: lepotica f, ljepotica f, lepojka f, ljepojka f

• Slovak: kráska f, krásavica f
• Slovene: lepotica f
• Spanish: guapa (es) f
• Swedish: skönhet (sv) c
• Tamil: அழகி (ta) (azhaki)
• Ukrainian: красу́ня f (krasúnja)
• Vietnamese: mỹ nhân (vi) (美人)
• Volapük: (♂♀) jönan, (♀) jijönan

something particularly good or pleasing

• Bulgarian: красота (bg) (krasota)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美 (zh) (mĕi)

• Czech: krása (cs) f
• Dutch: juweeltje (nl) n, prachtexemplaar n
• German: nPrachtstück n
• Latvian: skaistulis m, skaistums m

• Malayalam: മനോഹരം (ml) (manoharam), സുന്ദരം (ml) (sundaram)
• Norwegian: praktfull n
• Polish: piękność (pl) f
• Portuguese: beleza (pt) f
• Russian: конфетка (ru) f (konfétka)
• Tamil: தலைசிறந்த (thalaiciRantha)

excellence

• Dutch: het mooie (nl) n

• Hungarian: szépség (hu)

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Translations to be checked

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

• Scottish Gaelic: maise f, brèaghachd f, bòidhchead f, grinneas m, sgèimh 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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Etymology

Borrowing from English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: beau‧ty

Noun

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

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