English

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Pronunciation
IPA|/�bju�ti/
audio|en-us-beauty.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�ti|-u�ti

Etymology
From :w:Anglo-Norman|Anglo-Norman

Noun
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1. The property, quality, or state of being "that which pleases merely by being perceived" (Aquinas). Hence that which is attractive, pleasing, fine, or good looking; comeliness.

#* 1988: "� beauty and recollection, like danger, glamour, greed, hunger- everything but disappointment and desire- were concepts belonging to other people.� -Second Son, Robert Ferro

1. Someone who is beautiful.

#:Jane is a beauty.

1. Something that is particularly good or pleasing.

#:My car is a beauty.
#: What a goal, what a beauty.

1. The concept of learning the private language of meaning which is another persons life, of recognizing and relishing what is.

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

Synonyms
(property, quality): gorgeousness, inspiration, loveliness

Derived terms
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beaut
beauteous
beautician
beautiful
beautifully
beautifulness
beautification
beautifier
beautify
beauty contest
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beauty is in the eye of the beholder
beauty is only skin deep
beauty mark
beauty pageant
beauty parlor
beauty shop
beauty sleep
beauty spot
Camberwell beauty
Sleeping Beauty

Translations
trans-top|quality of pleasing appearance
Czech: krása f
Chinese: ��, �亮
Finnish: kauneus
German: Schönheit f
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Japanese: Jpan|� (Jpan|�, bi), Jpan|��� (Jpan|�����, utsukushisa)
Kurdish: KUchar|ج�ا��
Polish}}: pi�kno n
Russian: к�а�о�а :ru:к�а�о�а|* (krasotá) f
Slovene: lepota f
Swedish: skönhet c
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trans-top|beautiful woman
Czech: kráska f, krasavice f
Chinese: �女, �人
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Finnish: kaunokainen, kaunotar
German: Schönheit f
Norwegian: skjønnhet f
Polish: t|pl|pi�kno��|f
Russian: к�а�ави�а :ru:к�а�ави�а|* (krasávica) f, к�а�о�ка :ru:к�а�о�ка|* (krasótka) f
Slovene: lepotica f
Swedish: skönhet c
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trans-top|something particularly good or pleasing
Chinese: � (m�i)
Czech: krása f
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German: Prachtstück n
Norwegian: praktfull n
Russian: кон�е�ка (konf'étka) f
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ttbc|Bosnian: ljepota f
ttbc|Dutch: schoonheid :nl:Schoonheid|* f
ttbc|French: beauté :fr:beauté|* f
ttbc|Hebrew: ��פ� :he:��פ�|* (yofi) m
ttbc|Ido: beleso :io:beleso|*
ttbc|Italian: bellezza f
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ttbc|Portuguese: beleza :pt:beleza|* f
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: maise f, brèaghachd f, bòidhchead f, grinneas m, sgèimh f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: лепо�а#Serbian|лепо�а f, к�а�о�а (poetic) f
:Roman: lepota#Serbian|lepota f, krasota (poetic) f
ttbc|Spanish: belleza :es:belleza|* f, hermosura f
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