English

rank|England|sense|ten|422|beautiful|possible|mark|followed

Etymology
From beauty and Germanic -ful, "full of".

Pronunciation
AHD|byo�oʹtĭ-f�l, IPA|/�bju�tɪf�l/, SAMPA|/"bju:tIf@l/
audio|en-us-beautiful.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: beau·ti·ful

Adjective
en-adj

1. possessing charm and attractive.

#:Anyone who has ever met Bobbi thought she was absolutely Beautiful.

1. context|of the weather pleasant; clear.
2. well executed

#:The skater performed a beautiful axel.

1. (as a pro-sentence) How beautiful that is!

#:Beautiful! What a catch! (referring to an athlete catching a ball)

1. <!--not an interjection-->(as a pro-sentence; ironic) How unfortunate that is!

#:Beautiful! I dropped the soup on the floor!

Synonyms
(possessing charm and attractive): attractive, cute, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, hot (slang), lovely, nice-looking, pretty, shapely
(of the weather): clear, fine, nice, pleasant, sunny
(well executed): excellent, exceptional, good, great, marvellous/marvelous, perfect, stylish, wonderful
(ironic: how unfortunate): great, marvellous/marvelous, nice, very nice, wonderful (any of these can be prefixed with an intensifier such as bloody, damned or just)

Antonyms
(possessing charm and attractive): grotesque, hideous, homely, plain, misshapen, repulsive, ugly
(of the weather): bad, cloudy, dull, miserable, overcast, rainy, wet
(well executed): average, bad, mediocre, poor, shoddy, substandard, terrible, weak

Derived terms
beautifully
beautifulness<!--?-->

Related terms
beauty
*See also Wikisaurus:beautiful woman

Translations
trans-top|possessing charm and attractive
Afrikaans: mooi
Albanian: i bukur m, e bukur f
Anglo-Saxon: wlitig
Arabic: ARchar|ج��� (jamil)
Breton: brav, kaer
Bulgarian: t+|bg|к�а�ив|scCyrl, t+|bg|п�ек�а�ен|scCyrl
Catalan: bell, formós
Chinese: �亮 (piàoliàng, piao4liang4), � (m�i, meili, mei3li4)
Danish: smuk en, smukt et, smukke p
Dutch: t+|nl|mooi
Esperanto: t+|eo|bela|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: kaunis ilus
Faeroese: vakur m, vøkur f vakurt n
Fijian: totoka
Filipino: maganda
Finnish: t+|fi|kaunis
French: t+|fr|beau|m, t+|fr|belle|f
Frisian: moai, kreas
German: t+|de|schön
Greek: t+|el|��αίο�|m|scGrek (oraíos), t+|el|�μο��ο�|m|scGrek (ómorfos)
Hebrew: �פ� (yafe) m, �פ� (yafa) f
Hindi: �़�बस�रत (<u>kh</u>ūbsūrat), स�न�दर (sundar)
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Icelandic: t+|is|fallegur, t+|is|fagur
Indonesian: indah, cantik, ayu, molek, cakep
Italian: t+|it|bello
Japanese: ��� (�����, utsukushii), 綺� (���, kirei), 素� (���, suteki)
Kurdish: KUchar|ج�ا�, KUchar|ئ�سک س��ک
Latin: t-|la|pulcher, t-|la|formosus|m, t+|la|bellus|m
Novial: beli
Old Norse: fagr
Persian: FAchar|ز�با (ziba)
Polish: pi�kny m, pi�kna f, pi�kne n, pi�kni plural, pi�kne plural,f
Portuguese: t+|pt|belo|m, t+|pt|bela|f, t+|pt|bonito|m, t-|pt|bonita|f
Romanian: t+|ro|frumos|m, t-|ro|frumoasa|f
Russian: t+|ru|к�а�ив�й|scCyrl, t+|ru|п�ек�а�н�й|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: àlainn, bòidheach, brèagha, fèilleil, grinn, maiseach, rìomhach, sgèimheach
Spanish: t-|es|hermoso, t+|es|bello, t+|es|lindo
Slovak: krásny m, krásna f, krásne n
Swedish: t+|sv|fin, t+|sv|vacker
Tajik: FAchar|�����ار (nilufar)
Tamil: �ழ�ிய [azhagiya]
Telugu: ��దమ�న
Turkish: t+|tr|güzel
Urdu: URchar|خ�بص�رت (<u>kh</u>ūbsūrat)
Vietnamese: �ẹp, �ẹp �ẽ
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trans-top|of weather: pleasant, clear
Dutch: t+|nl|mooi
French: t+|fr|beau|m
Hebrew: נ�� (na'e)
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Italian: bel (before "tempo"); bello (after "tempo")
Kurdish: KUchar|خ�ش, KUchar|���ک
Swedish: t+|sv|fint|n, t-|sv|vackert|n
Tamil: �ழ�ிய [azhagiya]
Telugu: �హ�లాద�రమ�న
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trans-top|well executed
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trans-top|ironic: how unfortunate
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Category:1000 English basic words

ang:beautiful
ar:beautiful
de:beautiful
et:beautiful
el:beautiful
es:beautiful
fa:beautiful
fr:beautiful
gl:beautiful
ko:beautiful
hy:beautiful
io:beautiful
id:beautiful
it:beautiful
kk:beautiful
ku:beautiful
hu:beautiful
ja:beautiful
pl:beautiful
pt:beautiful
qu:beautiful
ru:beautiful
simple:beautiful
fi:beautiful
ta:beautiful
te:beautiful
vi:beautiful
tr:beautiful
uk:beautiful
zh:beautiful

• 2007-12-16 12:35 - Tbot - added t for bg, pt

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