handsome

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• /ˈhæn.səm/
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• rhymes with -ænsəm
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 N S AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English handsum, hondsom, equivalent to hand + -some. Compare Dutch handzaam, German Low German handsaam. The original sense was “easy to handle or use”, hence “suitable” and “apt, clever” (mid-16th century), giving rise to the current appreciatory senses (late 16th century).

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Western Apache: ba’olníí — of man: attractive
• Arabic: جَمِيل (jamīl) — of man: attractive
• Arabic: وَسِيم (wasīm) — of man: attractive
• Arabic: وسيم (wasīm) — of man: attractive
• Arabic: حلو (ḥilu) — of man: attractive
• Arabic: مَليح (malīḥ) — of man: attractive
• Armenian: սիրուն (sirun) — of man: attractive
• Armenian: գեղեցիկ (geġecʻik) — of man: attractive
• Aromanian: mushat (roa-rup) — of man: attractive
• Azerbaijani: yaraşıq — of man: attractive
• Azerbaijani: yaraşıqlı — of man: attractive
• Belarusian: прыго́жы (pryhóžy) — of man: attractive
• Belarusian: выда́тны (vydátny) — of man: attractive
• Belarusian: харо́шы (xaróšy) — of man: attractive
• Belarusian: красі́вы (krasívy) — of man: attractive
• Belarusian: урадлі́вы (uradlívy) — of man: attractive
• Bengali: সুন্দর (śundor) — of man: attractive
• Bengali: খুবসুরত (khubśurot) — of man: attractive
• Bengali: হাসিন (haśin) — of man: attractive
• Bulgarian: краси́в (krasív) — of man: attractive
• Bulgarian: го́тин (gótin) — of man: attractive
• Burmese: ချော (hkyau:) — of man: attractive
• Catalan: guapo — of man: attractive
• Catalan: maco — of man: attractive
• Catalan: gentil — of man: attractive
• Catalan: afavorit — of man: attractive
• Catalan: atractiu — of man: attractive
• Catalan: esplèndit — of man: attractive
• Chinese Cantonese: 靚仔 /靓仔 (leng3 zai2) — of man: attractive
• Chinese: җүнмый (žünmɨy) — of man: attractive
• Chinese: җүн (žün) — of man: attractive
• Eastern Min Chinese: 俊 (cóng) — of man: attractive
• Chinese: 緣投 /缘投 (zh-min-nan) — of man: attractive
• Chinese Mandarin: 俊 (jùn) — of man: attractive
• Chinese Mandarin: 俊美 (jùnměi) — of man: attractive
• Chinese Mandarin: 帥 /帅 (shuài) — of man: attractive
• Chinese Mandarin: 英俊 (yīngjùn) — of man: attractive
• Czech: pohledný — of man: attractive
• Czech: pěkný — of man: attractive
• Czech: hezký — of man: attractive
• Danish: flot — of man: attractive
• Danish: smuk — of man: attractive
• Dutch: knap — of man: attractive
• Esperanto: bela — of man: attractive
• Finnish: komea — of man: attractive
• Finnish: kaunis — of man: attractive
• French: beau — of man: attractive
• German: hübsch — of man: attractive
• German: stattlich — of man: attractive
• German: gutaussehend — of man: attractive
• Greek: ωραίος (oraíos) — of man: attractive
• Haitian Creole: bèl — of man: attractive
• Hebrew: טוֹב מַרְאֶה (tov mar'é) — of man: attractive
• Hebrew: יפה תואר — of man: attractive
• Hebrew: יְפֵה תֹאַר (y'fe tó'ar) — of man: attractive
• Hindi: ख़ूबसूरत (xūbsūrat) — of man: attractive
• Hungarian: jóképű — of man: attractive
• Hungarian: jóvágású — of man: attractive
• Indonesian: ganteng — of man: attractive
• Indonesian: tampan — of man: attractive
• Ingrian: näökäs — of man: attractive
• Interlingua: bel — of man: attractive
• Interlingua: belle — of man: attractive
• Irish: dathúil — of man: attractive
• Irish: dóighiúil — of man: attractive
• Irish: slachtmhar — of man: attractive
• Italian: bello — of man: attractive
• Japanese: ハンサムな (hansamu na) — of man: attractive
• Japanese: イケメンな (ikemen na) — of man: attractive
• Jarai: yâo — of man: attractive
• Kabuverdianu: bunitu — of man: attractive
• Kabuverdianu: benite — of man: attractive
• Kapampangan: santing — of man: attractive
• Kapampangan: pogi — of man: attractive
• Kapampangan: masanting — of man: attractive
• Korean: 잘생기다 (jalsaenggida) — of man: attractive
• Korean: 멋있다 (meositda) — of man: attractive
• Central Kurdish: قۆز (qoz) — of man: attractive
• Northern Kurdish: keşxe — of man: attractive
• Latin: pulcher — of man: attractive
• Latin: formōsus — of man: attractive
• Latin: scitulus — of man: attractive
• Louisiana Creole: bo — of man: attractive
• Louisiana Creole: vayan — of man: attractive
• Macedonian: убав (ubav) — of man: attractive
• Macedonian: згоден (zgoden) — of man: attractive
• Malay: kacak — of man: attractive
• Malayalam: സുന്ദരന് (sundaraṉ) — of man: attractive
• Māori: purotu — of man: attractive
• Māori: ranginamu — of man: attractive
• Navajo: bíiyis — of man: attractive
• Navajo: baa dzólní — of man: attractive
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjekk — of man: attractive
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjekk — of man: attractive
• Persian: خوشتیپ (xoš-tip) — of man: attractive
• Plautdietsch: schmock — of man: attractive
• Polish: piękny — of man: attractive
• Polish: przystojny — of man: attractive
• Portuguese: bonito — of man: attractive
• Romanian: frumos — of man: attractive
• Romanian: arătos — of man: attractive
• Romanian: chipeș — of man: attractive
• Russian: краси́вый (krasívyj) — of man: attractive
• Russian: привлека́тельный (privlekátelʹnyj) — of man: attractive
• Saanich: W̱,ÍEs — of man: attractive
• Scots: bonny — of man: attractive
• Scots: braw — of man: attractive
• Scottish Gaelic: eireachdail — of man: attractive
• Serbo-Croatian: zgodan — of man: attractive
• Slovak: pekný — of man: attractive
• Slovak: atraktívny — of man: attractive
• Spanish: apuesto — of man: attractive
• Spanish: guapo — of man: attractive
• Spanish: de buen parecer — of man: attractive
• Spanish: buenmozo — of man: attractive
• Spanish: guaperas (despective) — of man: attractive
• Sundanese: kasep — of man: attractive
• Swedish: stilig — of man: attractive
• Tagalog: guwapo — of man: attractive
• Tagalog: makisig — of man: attractive
• Thai: หล่อ (lɔ̀ɔ) — of man: attractive
• Turkish: yakışıklı — of man: attractive
• Ottoman Turkish: كوزل (güzel, gözel) — of man: attractive
• Ukrainian: краси́вий (krasývyj) — of man: attractive
• Ukrainian: вродли́вий (vrodlývyj) — of man: attractive
• Ukrainian: га́рний (hárnyj) — of man: attractive
• Ukrainian: хоро́ший (xoróšyj) — of man: attractive
• Ukrainian: фа́йний (fájnyj) — of man: attractive
• Urdu: خوبصورت (xūbsūrat) — of man: attractive
• Vietnamese: đẹp trai — of man: attractive
• Welsh: golygus — of man: attractive
• Bengali: সুন্দরী (śundori) — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• Bengali: খুবসুরত (khubśurot) — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• Bengali: হাসিনা (haśina) — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• German: ansehnlich — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• German: schmuck — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• German: gutaussehend — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• Māori: purotu — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• Portuguese: bem-apanhada — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• Portuguese: jeitosa — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• Russian: ста́тный (státnyj) — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• Spanish: guapa — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• Spanish: apuesta — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• Spanish: buenamoza — of a woman: striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not conventionally beautiful
• Bulgarian: значи́телен (značítelen) — moderately large
• Finnish: muhkea — moderately large
• German: stattlich — moderately large
• German: ansehnlich — moderately large
• Portuguese: belo — moderately large
• Russian: значи́тельный (značítelʹnyj) — moderately large