adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:byo͞oʹtĭ-fəl
UK:/ˈbjuːtɪ.fəl/
UK:/ˈbjuːtɪ.fʊl/
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US:/ˈbju.tɪ.fəl/
US:[bju.ɾə.fəl]
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.
There's a beautiful lake by the town.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.
Used emphatically or ironically, after the noun it qualifies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
the house beautiful
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
That one likes very much.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He was a beautiful person; he would drop everything to help you.
You've done a beautiful thing today.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Affording pleasure to any of the senses, especially that of hearing; delightful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Beethoven's most beautiful sonata
It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk.
These carnations smell beautiful but those daffodils smell funny.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adj
Meaning 5
Impressing with charm in an intellectual or moral way, through inherent suitability or elegance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The skater performed a beautiful axel.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The man was faithful to his wife, ignoring the many blonde beautifuls who surrounded him wherever he went.
Hey, beautiful!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective
Meaning 7
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a beautiful child
beautiful country
a beautiful painting
a beautiful theory
a beautiful party
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ugly
8
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
(of weather) highly enjoyable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
what a beautiful day
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh2-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -itātem 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).
Across languages
Translations
493 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
mooi
— attractive
Albanian:
i bukur
— attractive
Amharic:
ቆንጆ
(ḳonǧo)
— attractive
Arabic:
جَمِيل
(jamīl)
— attractive
Arabic:
مَلِيح
(malīḥ)
— attractive
Arabic:
جميل
(gamīl)
— attractive
Arabic:
غزال
(ḡuzāl)
— attractive
Arabic:
جميل
(jmīl)
— attractive
Arabic:
زوين
(zwīn)
— attractive
Arabic:
حِلُو
— attractive
Arabic:
جَمِيْل
— attractive
Aramaic:
שפירא
— attractive
Armenian:
գեղեցիկ
(geġecʻik)
— attractive
Armenian:
սիրուն
(sirun)
— attractive
Aromanian:
mushat (roa-rup)
— attractive
Assamese:
ধুনীয়া
(dhunia)
— attractive
Assamese:
ভাল লগা
(bhal loga)
— attractive
Assamese:
সুন্দৰ
(xundor)
— attractive
Asturian:
guapu
— attractive
Asturian:
guapa
— attractive
Asturian:
formosu
— attractive
Asturian:
formosa
— attractive
Avar:
берцинаб
(bercinab)
— attractive
Azerbaijani:
gözəl
— attractive
Azerbaijani:
qəşəng
— attractive
Azerbaijani:
yaraşıqlı
— attractive
West Coast Bajau:
lawa'
— attractive
Bashkir:
матур
(matur)
— attractive
Basque:
eder
— attractive
Belait:
jie batien
— attractive
Belarusian:
выда́тны
(vydátny)
— attractive
Belarusian:
прыго́жы
(pryhóžy)
— attractive
Belarusian:
харо́шы
(xaróšy)
— attractive
Belarusian:
красі́вы
(krasívy)
— attractive
Belarusian:
урадлі́вы
(uradlívy)
— attractive
Belarusian:
фа́йны
(fájny)
— attractive
Bengali:
সুন্দর
(śundor)
— attractive
Bengali:
খুবসুরত
(khubśurot)
— attractive
Bengali:
হাসিন
(haśin)
— attractive
Central Bikol:
magayon
— attractive
Breton:
brav
— attractive
Breton:
kaer
— attractive
Brunei Bisaya:
bagak
— attractive
Bulgarian:
краси́в
(krasív)
— attractive
Bulgarian:
прекра́сен
(prekrásen)
— attractive
Bulgarian:
ху́бав
(húbav)
— attractive
Burmese:
လှသော
(hla.sau:)
— attractive
Burmese:
လှပ
(hla.pa.)
— attractive
Buryat:
һайхан
(hajxan)
— attractive
Catalan:
bell
— attractive
Catalan:
bella
— attractive
Catalan:
formós
— attractive
Catalan:
formósa
— attractive
Catalan:
bonic
— attractive
Catalan:
bonica
— attractive
Cebuano:
matahom
— attractive
Cebuano:
maanyag
— attractive
Chamicuro:
pya'c̈homa
— attractive
Chamicuro:
pewa puti'na
— attractive
Chechen:
хаза
(xaza)
— attractive
Chinese Cantonese:
靚 /靓
(leng3)
— attractive
Chinese Cantonese:
好睇
(hou2 tai2)
— attractive
Chinese Cantonese:
漂亮
(piu3 loeng6)
— attractive
Chinese Cantonese:
美麗 /美丽
(mei5 lai6)
— attractive