bellesa
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Equivalent to bell + -esa, possibly from Vulgar Latin *bellitia, from Latin bellus. Compare Italian bellezza, Portuguese beleza, Occitan belesa, and Spanish belleza.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /bəˈʎə.zə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bəˈʎɛ.zə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /beˈʎe.za/
- Homophone: vellesa
Noun[edit]
bellesa f (plural belleses)
Further reading[edit]
- “bellesa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “bellesa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “bellesa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Categories:
- Catalan terms suffixed with -esa
- Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan 3-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with homophones
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns