# beautiful
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye, beautiful”), equivalent to beauty +‎ -ful. In this sense, largely displaced Old English fæġer (whence fair).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) enPR: byo͞oʹtĭ-fəl, IPA: /ˈbjuːtɪ.fəl/, /ˈbjuːtɪ.fʊl/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈbju.tɪ.fəl/, [bju.ɾə.fəl]
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: beau‧ti‧ful

### Adjective

beautiful (comparative more beautiful, superlative most beautiful)
* Attractive and possessing beauty.
    Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.
    There's a beautiful lake by the town.
** 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.
** 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)‎:It is a beautiful kitchen! — It is beautiful.
    Audio (US):(file)
* Good, admirable.
    He was a beautiful person; he would drop everything to help you.
    You've done a beautiful thing today.
* (of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
    It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk.
* Well executed.
    The skater performed a beautiful axel.

#### Usage notes

* When used to refer to human appearance, the word is more commonly used for women, with handsome being more common for men, though neither is incorrect. For a man, beautiful could connote a more delicate or androgynous appearance.
* The comparatives beautifuler and beautifuller, and the superlatives beautifulest and beautifullest have also occasionally been used, but are nonstandard.

#### Synonyms

* (possessing charm and attractive): beauteous, attractive, cute, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, sheen, handsome, hot (slang), lovely, nice-looking, pretty, shapely, fit (slang)
* (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)
* See also Thesaurus:beautiful

#### Antonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* all cats are beautiful
* beautiful armadillo
* beautiful fruit dove
* beautiful game
* beautifully
* beautiful music
* beautifulness
* beautiful people
* beautimous
* bee-utiful
* Bucyrus
* cuteful
* make beautiful music together
* nonbeautiful
* prettiful
* you have beautiful eyes

#### Related terms

* beauty
** See also Thesaurus:beautiful woman

#### Translations

Afrikaans: mooi (af)
Albanian: i bukur (sq)
American Sign Language: 5@NearCheek-PalmBack RoundVert OpenA@NearJaw-PalmBack
Amharic: ቆንጆ (ḳonǧo)
Arabic: جَمِيل (ar) (jamīl), مَلِيح (malīḥ)
Egyptian Arabic: جميل (gamīl)
Moroccan Arabic: غزال m (ḡuzāl), جميل (jmīl), زوين m (zwīn)
North Levantine Arabic: حِلُو, جَمِيْل m
Aramaic: שפירא
Armenian: գեղեցիկ (hy) (geġecʻik), սիրուն (hy) (sirun)
Assamese: ধুনীয়া (dhunia) (common), ভাল লগা (bhal loga), সুন্দৰ (xundor)
Asturian: guapu m, guapa f, formosu m, formosa f
Auslan: please add this translation if you can
Avar: берцинаб (bercinab)
Azerbaijani: gözəl (az), qəşəng (az), yaraşıqlı
Bashkir: матур (matur)
Basque: eder
Belait: jie batien
Belarusian: выда́тны (vydátny), прыго́жы (pryhóžy), харо́шы (xaróšy), красі́вы (krasívy), урадлі́вы (uradlívy), фа́йны (fájny)
Bengali: সুন্দর (bn) (śundor), খুবসুরত (bn) (khubśurot), হাসিন (bn) (haśin)
Bikol Central: magayon (bcl)
Breton: brav (br), kaer (br)
Brunei Bisaya: bagak
Brunei Malay: bisai
Bulgarian: краси́в (bg) (krasív), прекра́сен (bg) (prekrásen), ху́бав (bg) (húbav)
Burmese: လှသော (hla.sau:), လှပ (my) (hla.pa.)
Buryat: һайхан (hajxan)
Catalan: bell (ca) m, bella (ca) f, formós (ca) m, formósa f, bonic (ca) m, bonica (ca) f
Cebuano: matahom (of a female), maanyag (of a person)
Central Dusun: olumis
Chamicuro: pya'c̈homa, pewa puti'na
Chechen: хаза (xaza)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 靚 / 靓 (leng$^3$), 好睇 (hou$^2$ tai$^2$) (object), 漂亮 (piu$^3$ loeng$^6$) (formal), 美麗 / 美丽 (mei$^5$ lai$^6$) (formal)
Dungan: җүн (žün), җүн-ён (žün-i͡on), җиҗүн (žižün), җүнмый (žünmɨy)
Eastern Min: 俊 (cóng), 漂亮 (piĕu-liông)
Hokkien: 媠 (zh-min-nan) (súi), 美麗 / 美丽 (zh-min-nan) (bí-lē), 好看 (hó-khòaⁿ), 媠噹噹 / 媠当当 (zh-min-nan) (súi-tang-tang)
Mandarin: 漂亮 (zh) (piàoliang), 美 (zh) (měi), 好看 (zh) (hǎokàn), 美麗 / 美丽 (zh) (měilì)
Teochew: 雅 (ngia$^2$)
Wu: 漂亮, 好看 ($^5$hau-khoe)
Coastal Kadazan: olumis
Coptic: ⲛⲉⲥⲉ (nese)
Cornish: teg
Czech: krásný (cs), pěkný (cs), sličný (cs) (literary)
Dalmatian: bial
Danish: smuk (da)
Dutch: mooi (nl), schoon (nl)
Egyptian: (nfr)
Esperanto: bela (eo)
Estonian: kaunis (et), ilus (et)
Faroese: vakur (fo), penur, fagur
Fijian: totoka
Finnish: kaunis (fi)
French: beau (fr) m, belle (fr) f
Friulian: biel m, biele f
Galician: belo (gl), fermoso (gl)
Georgian: მშვენიერი (mšvenieri), ლამაზი (lamazi), ტურფა (ṭurpa), საუცხოო (saucxoo), საყვარელი (saq̇vareli), მომხიბლავი (momxiblavi), მიმზიდველი (mimzidveli), სასიამოვნო (sasiamovno), სანდომიანი (sandomiani), წარმტაცი (c̣armṭaci), თვალწარმტაცი (tvalc̣armṭaci), კოხტა (ḳoxṭa), მოხდენილი (moxdenili), პირმშვენიერი (ṗirmšvenieri)
German: schön (de)
Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (skauns)
Greek: ωραίος (el) (oraíos), όμορφος (el) (ómorfos)
Ancient: καλός (kalós), ὡραῖος (hōraîos)
Gujarati: સુંદર (sundar), રૂપાળું (rūpāḷũ), ખૂબસૂરત (gu) (khūbsūrat)
Haitian Creole: bò
Hawaiian: nani
Hebrew: יָפֶה (he) m (yafé), יָפָה (he) f (yafá)
Hindi: ख़ूबसूरत (xūbsūrat), सुन्दर (hi) (sundar), हसीन (hi) (hasīn), प्यारा (hi) (pyārā)
Hungarian: szép (hu), gyönyörű (hu)
Hunsrik: scheen
Icelandic: fallegur (is), fagur (is)
Ido: bela (io)
Igbo: oma
Ilocano: napintas
Indonesian: indah (id), cantik (id), ayu (id), molek (id), cakep (id)
Ingrian: käppiä, see Thesaurus:käppiä
Interlingua: belle (ia)
Irish: álainn, spéiriúil, dathúil, galánta
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Istriot: biel m, biela f
Italian: bello (it) m, bella (it) f, affascinante (it), incantevole (it), meraviglioso (it)
Japanese: 美しい (ja) (うつくしい, utsukushii), 綺麗 (ja) (きれい, kirei), 素敵 (ja) (すてき, suteki)
Jingpho: tsawm
Kabuverdianu: bunitu, benite
Kalmyk: сәәхн (sääxn)
Kannada: ಸುಂದರ (kn) (sundara)
Kapampangan: malagu
Kazakh: әдемі (ädemı), әсем (äsem), сұлу (sūlu)
Khmer: ស្អាត (km) (sʼaat), ល្អ (km) (lʼɑɑ)
Korean: 아름답다 (ko) (areumdapda), 예쁘다 (ko) (yeppeuda)
Kunigami: 清ーらせん (すーらせん, sūrasen)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: جوان (ckb) (cwan), ئێسک سووک (ckb) (êsk sûk)
Northern Kurdish: xweşik (ku), spehî (ku), ciwan (ku), rind (ku)
Kyrgyz: сулуу (ky) (suluu), көркөм (ky) (körköm), кооз (ky) (kooz), сонун (ky) (sonun), чырайлуу (ky) (cırayluu), чырай жүздүү (ky) (cıray jüzdüü), сулуу (ky) (suluu), укмуштай (ky) (ukmuştay), укмуштай (ky) (ukmuştay), ажайып (ky) (ajayıp), көйүткөн (ky) (köyütkön)
Laboya: jorro
Ladino: ermozo m, ermoza f
Lao: ງາມ (ngām), ງ້ອມ (ngǭm), ຈຸບຸ (chu bu), ຊະແລບ (sa lǣp), ທີ່ສວຍງາມ (thīt wa nya ngām), ກັນລະຍາ (kan la nyā), ກັນລະຍານ (kan la nyān), ຄ່ອງ (khǭng)
Latin: pulcher (la), formosus m, bellus (la) m
Latvian: skaists (lv), daiļš, glīts
Limburgish: sjoen (li)
Lithuanian: gražus (lt)
Lombard: bel, bèll
Low German: schöön (nds), scheun
Lü: ᦇᦱᧄ (ngaam)
Macedonian: убав (ubav), прекрасен (prekrasen)
Malay: cantik (ms), indah (ms), molek (ms)
Malayalam: സുന്ദരം (ml) (sundaraṁ)
Maltese: sabiħ
Manchu: ᠰᠠᡳᡴᠠᠨ (saikan), ᡥᠣᠴᡳᡴᠣᠨ (hocikon)
Manx: aalin, bwaagh, bwoyagh
Maori: waiwaiā, pīwari (mi), hūmārie, hūmārire, purotu, rerehua, tau (mi), ātanga, ātaahua
Marathi: सुंदर (sundar)
Mazanderani: قشنگ, خجیر
Middle English: beautevous, wynsom
Mòcheno: schea'
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сайхан (mn) (sajxan), гуа (mn) (gua), үзэсгэлэнтэй (üzesgelentej)
Navajo: nizhóní, nizhóní yeeʼ
Norman: bieau m, belle f
Northern Khanty: хурамӑӈ (huramăṇ) (Kazym)
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vakker (no)
Occitan: bèl (oc) m, bèla (oc) f, bèu (oc) m
Nǀuu: ǀxaquka, ǀhaqoka
Odia: ସୁନ୍ଦର (sundara)
Okinawan: 清らさん, 美らさん (ちゅらさん, churasan)
Old Church Slavonic:
Glagolitic: ⰾⱑⱂⱏ (lěpŭ)
Cyrillic: лѣпъ (lěpŭ), красьнъ (krasĭnŭ)
Old East Slavic: лѣпъ (lěpŭ), красьнъ (krasĭnŭ)
Old English: fæġer, wlitiġ
Old Javanese: bĕcik
Old Norse: fagr
Old Occitan: bel
Pangasinan: malimgas
Pashto: ښکلی (ps) (ẍkwëlay), حسين (ps) (hasin), زيبا (ps) (zebā)
Persian:
Classical Persian: زیبَا (zēbā), قَشَنْگ (qašang)
Dari: مَقْبُول (maqbūl), زیبَا (zēbā), قَشَنْگ (qašang)
Iranian Persian: زیبا (fa) (zibâ), قَشَنْگ (ğašang), خوشْگِل (xošgel), خوش‌تیپ (xoš-tip) (handsome, of men)
Plautdietsch: schmock, scheen
Polish: piękny (pl), fajny (pl)
Portuguese: belo (pt) m, bela (pt) f, bonito (pt) m, bonita (pt) f, lindo (pt) m, linda (pt) f
Punjabi: ਸੁਹਣਾ (pa) (suhṇā)
Quechua: sumaq (qu), şumag, k'acha
Romagnol: bël
Romani: śukar
Romanian: frumos (ro) m or n, frumoasă (ro) f
Romansch: bel m, bella f, bi m, biala f
Russian: краси́вый (ru) (krasívyj), прекра́сный (ru) (prekrásnyj), приго́жий (ru) (prigóžij) (folklore, poetic), ле́пый (ru) (lépyj) (archaic)
Sanskrit: सुन्दर (sa) (sundara), सुरूप (sa) (surūpa), मञ्जु (sa) (mañju)
Sardinian: bedhu m, bedha f, bellu m, bella f
Scots: bonny
Scottish Gaelic: àlainn, bòidheach, brèagha, fèilleil, grinn, maiseach, rìomhach, sgèimheach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ле̑п, лије̑п, лип
Roman: lȇp (sh), lijȇp (sh), lip
Shan: ႁၢင်ႈလီ (shn) (hāang lǐi)
Sicilian: beddu (scn) m, bedda (scn) f
Sidamo: xuʼma
Sinhalese: ලස්සන (si) (lassana), සුන්දර (sundara)
Slovak: krásny, pekný
Slovene: lep (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: rědny
Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: hermoso (es), bello (es), lindo (es), guapo (es), bonito (es), disused: fermoso / bel (es)
Sranan Tongo: moi
Sudovian: grazi, skaista f
Swahili: zuri (sw)
Swedish: fin (sv), vacker (sv), skön (sv)
Tagalog: maganda (tl)
Tajik: зебо (tg) (zebo), хушрӯ (xušrü), қашанг (qašang)
Talysh: ğəşəng, reçin, rəvoşin, xos, cıvon
Tamil: அழகிய (ta) (aḻakiya)
Tatar: матур (matur), гүзәл (güzäl)
Telugu: అందమైన (te) (andamaina), చక్కని (te) (cakkani)
Thai: สุนทร (th) (sǔn-tɔɔn), สวย (th) (sǔai), งาม (th) (ngaam)
Tocharian B: kartse
Tokunoshima: 清らさい (きゅらさい, kyurasai)
Tswana: -ntle
Turkish: güzel (tr)
Turkmen: görmegeý, gözel, gelşikli
Tutong: lawa'
Ukrainian: вродли́вий (vrodlývyj), краси́вий (uk) (krasývyj), га́рний (uk) (hárnyj), хоро́ший (xoróšyj), фа́йний (fájnyj), кра́сний (uk) (krásnyj)
Urdu: خُوبْصُورَت (xūbsūrat), سُنْدَر (sundar), حَسِین (hasīn), پْیارا (pyārā), قَشَن٘گ (qaśaṅg), زیبا (zebā)
Uyghur: گۈزەل (güzel)
Uzbek: yoqimli (uz), goʻzal (uz)
Venetan: beło m, beła f
Vietnamese: đẹp (vi), xinh đẹp (vi)
Volapük: jönik (vo), (augmentative) lejönik (vo)
Walloon: bea (wa) m, bele (wa) f
Welsh: hardd (cy), prydferth (cy), arddun
West Coast Bajau: lawa'
West Frisian: moai, kreas
Yiddish: שיין (sheyn)
Zhuang: baenzsau, gacae, giengh :

### Noun

beautiful (plural beautifuls)
* Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
    The man was faithful to his wife, ignoring the many blonde beautifuls who surrounded him wherever he went.
    Hey, beautiful!