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/bo.te/
Translation
beauty
Word origin
From Old French beltet, from Vulgar Latin bellitas, from Latin bellus ('pretty, fine'). The same root gives English 'beauty', 'beautiful' and 'belle'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- bellitas
- English cognates
- beauty, belle
Grammar
Examples
paysage ' .
The beauty of this landscape took my breath away.
.
She does not realise her own beauty.
' ' .
This museum is full of objects of great beauty.
intérieure l'.
Inner beauty matters more than appearance.
cette cathédrale.
People still admire the beauty of this old cathedral.
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