beautiful
English dictionary entry
Meanings
adj
- Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
- Used emphatically or ironically, after the noun it qualifies.
- That one likes very much.
- Affording pleasure to any of the senses, especially that of hearing; delightful.
- Impressing with charm in an intellectual or moral way, through inherent suitability or elegance.
noun
- Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
Pronunciation
byo͞oʹtĭ-fəl
/ˈbjuːtɪ.fəl/
/ˈbjuːtɪ.fʊl/
En-uk-beautiful.ogg
/ˈbju.tɪ.fəl/
[bju.ɾə.fəl]
en-us-beautiful.ogg
Word forms
beautiful
more beautiful
most beautiful
beautifuls
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonusder. Old Latin *duenelos Vulgar Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Vulgar Latin -tās Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English bewteful English beautiful From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye, beautiful”), equivalent to beauty + -ful. In this sense, largely displaced Old English fæġer (whence fair).
Synonyms
beauteous
attractive
cute
fair
good-looking
gorgeous
sheen
handsome
hot
lovely
nice-looking
pretty
shapely
fit
clear
fine
nice
pleasant
sunny
excellent
exceptional
good
great
marvellous
marvelous
perfect
stylish
wonderful
very nice
beautifool
beautiful
beautimous
bona vardering
bonnie
breathtaking
captivating
comely
divine
esculent
exquisite
fetching
fine-looking
good enough to eat
heavenly
knockout
lovesome
lustrious
personable
prettiful
pulchritudinous
sightly
stunning
swanlike
well-favoured
winsome
Antonyms
Translations
Afrikaans: mooi
Albanian: i bukur
Amharic: ቆንጆ
Arabic: جَمِيل
Arabic: مَلِيح
Arabic: جميل
Arabic: غزال
Arabic: زوين
Arabic: حِلُو
Arabic: جَمِيْل
Aramaic: שפירא
Armenian: գեղեցիկ
Armenian: սիրուն
Armenian: հաճելի
Aromanian: mushat (roa-rup)
Assamese: ধুনীয়া
Assamese: ভাল লগা
Assamese: সুন্দৰ
Asturian: guapu
Asturian: guapa
Asturian: formosu
Asturian: formosa
Avar: берцинаб
Azerbaijani: gözəl
Azerbaijani: qəşəng
Azerbaijani: yaraşıqlı
West Coast Bajau: lawa'
Bashkir: матур
Basque: eder
Belait: jie batien
Belarusian: выда́тны
Belarusian: прыго́жы
Belarusian: харо́шы
Belarusian: красі́вы
Belarusian: урадлі́вы
Belarusian: фа́йны
Bengali: সুন্দর
Bengali: খুবসুরত
Bengali: হাসিন
Central Bikol: magayon
Breton: brav
Breton: kaer
Brunei Bisaya: bagak
Bulgarian: краси́в
Bulgarian: прекра́сен
Bulgarian: ху́бав
Burmese: လှသော
Burmese: လှပ
Buryat: һайхан
Catalan: bell
Catalan: bella
Catalan: formós
Catalan: formósa
Catalan: bonic
Catalan: bonica
Cebuano: matahom
Cebuano: maanyag
Chamicuro: pya'c̈homa
Chamicuro: pewa puti'na
Chechen: хаза
Chinese Cantonese: 靚 /靓
Chinese Cantonese: 好睇
Chinese Cantonese: 漂亮
Chinese Cantonese: 美麗 /美丽
Chinese Cantonese: 好天
Chinese: җүн
Chinese: җүн-ён
Chinese: җиҗүн
Chinese: җүнмый
Chinese: 媠
Chinese: 美麗 /美丽
Chinese: 好看
Chinese: 媠噹噹 /媠当当
Chinese: 好天
Eastern Min Chinese: 俊
Eastern Min Chinese: 漂亮
Chinese Mandarin: 漂亮
Chinese Mandarin: 美
Chinese Mandarin: 好看
Chinese Mandarin: 美麗 /美丽
Chinese Mandarin: 好天
Teochew: 雅
Wu Chinese: 漂亮
Wu Chinese: 好看
Coptic: ⲛⲉⲥⲉ
Cornish: teg
Czech: krásný
Czech: pěkný
Czech: sličný
Dalmatian: bial
Danish: smuk
Central Dusun: olumis
Dutch: mooi
Dutch: schoon
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.