Beauty in Different Languages
Discover 'Beauty' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Beauty
Afrikaans skoonheid | ||
Albanian bukuria | ||
Amharic ውበት | ||
Arabic جمال | ||
Armenian գեղեցկություն | ||
Assamese সৌন্দৰ্য | ||
Aymara jiwaki | ||
Azerbaijani gözəllik | ||
Bambara cɛɲɛ | ||
Basque edertasuna | ||
Belarusian прыгажосць | ||
Bengali সৌন্দর্য | ||
Bhojpuri सुंदरता | ||
Bosnian ljepota | ||
Bulgarian красота | ||
Catalan bellesa | ||
Cebuano katahum | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 美女 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 美女 | ||
Corsican bellezza | ||
Croatian ljepota | ||
Czech krása | ||
Danish skønhed | ||
Dhivehi ރީތިކަން | ||
Dogri शलैपा | ||
Dutch schoonheid | ||
English beauty | ||
Esperanto beleco | ||
Estonian ilu | ||
Ewe tugbedzedze | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kagandahan | ||
Finnish kauneus | ||
French beauté | ||
Frisian skientme | ||
Galician beleza | ||
Georgian სილამაზე | ||
German schönheit | ||
Greek ομορφιά | ||
Guarani porãngue | ||
Gujarati સુંદરતા | ||
Haitian Creole bote | ||
Hausa kyau | ||
Hawaiian nani | ||
Hebrew יוֹפִי | ||
Hindi सुंदरता | ||
Hmong kev zoo nkauj | ||
Hungarian szépség | ||
Icelandic fegurð | ||
Igbo mma | ||
Ilocano pintas | ||
Indonesian kecantikan | ||
Irish áilleacht | ||
Italian bellezza | ||
Japanese 美しさ | ||
Javanese kaendahan | ||
Kannada ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh сұлулық | ||
Khmer សម្រស់ | ||
Kinyarwanda ubwiza | ||
Konkani सोबीतकाय | ||
Korean 아름다움 | ||
Krio fayn | ||
Kurdish çelengî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) جوانی | ||
Kyrgyz сулуулук | ||
Lao ຄວາມງາມ | ||
Latin pulchritudo | ||
Latvian skaistums | ||
Lingala bonzenga | ||
Lithuanian grožis | ||
Luganda obulungi | ||
Luxembourgish schéinheet | ||
Macedonian убавина | ||
Maithili सुन्नरता | ||
Malagasy beauty | ||
Malay kecantikan | ||
Malayalam സൗന്ദര്യം | ||
Maltese sbuħija | ||
Maori ataahua | ||
Marathi सौंदर्य | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐꯖꯕ | ||
Mizo mawina | ||
Mongolian гоо сайхан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အလှတရား | ||
Nepali सुन्दरता | ||
Norwegian skjønnhet | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kukongola | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସ beauty ନ୍ଦର୍ଯ୍ୟ | ||
Oromo miidhagina | ||
Pashto ښکلا | ||
Persian زیبایی | ||
Polish piękno | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) beleza | ||
Punjabi ਸੁੰਦਰਤਾ | ||
Quechua sumaq | ||
Romanian frumuseţe | ||
Russian красота | ||
Samoan lalelei | ||
Sanskrit सुंदरं | ||
Scots Gaelic bòidhchead | ||
Sepedi bobotse | ||
Serbian лепота | ||
Sesotho botle | ||
Shona runako | ||
Sindhi خوبصورتي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අලංකාරය | ||
Slovak kráska | ||
Slovenian lepota | ||
Somali qurux | ||
Spanish belleza | ||
Sundanese kageulisan | ||
Swahili uzuri | ||
Swedish skönhet | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kagandahan | ||
Tajik зебоӣ | ||
Tamil அழகு | ||
Tatar матурлык | ||
Telugu అందం | ||
Thai ความงาม | ||
Tigrinya መልክዕ | ||
Tsonga saseka | ||
Turkish güzellik | ||
Turkmen gözellik | ||
Twi (Akan) ahoɔfɛ | ||
Ukrainian краса | ||
Urdu خوبصورتی | ||
Uyghur گۈزەللىك | ||
Uzbek go'zallik | ||
Vietnamese sắc đẹp, vẻ đẹp | ||
Welsh harddwch | ||
Xhosa ubuhle | ||
Yiddish שיינקייט | ||
Yoruba ẹwa | ||
Zulu ubuhle |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "skoonheid" is etymologically linked to the Dutch word "schoon", meaning "clean" or "pure", reflecting the connection between beauty and cleanliness in traditional aesthetics. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "bukuria" shares a root with the Sanskrit word "punarāga" meaning "fullness." |
| Amharic | The word "ውበት" also means "goodness" or "grace" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | جمال is derived from the root "جم-ل " which means "to gather, to collect". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "gözəllik" in Azerbaijani originates from the Persian word "guzal," meaning "beautiful, lovely." |
| Basque | The word "edertasuna" in Basque is derived from the Proto-Basque root "*eder-", meaning "beautiful" or "pleasant". |
| Belarusian | Прыгажосць is derived from the Proto-Slavic *prigъ, meaning "handsome" or "comely". |
| Bengali | The word "সৌন্দর্য" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सुन्दर" (sundara), which means "beautiful" or "pleasing to the eye". |
| Bosnian | The word 'ljepota' can also refer to the aesthetic of an object, idea, or emotion, beyond just physical appearance. |
| Bulgarian | The word "красота" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *krasa, meaning "ornament" or "adornment." |
| Catalan | The word "bellesa" in Catalan derives from the Latin word "bellus", meaning "beautiful", and is also related to the English word "belle", meaning "beautiful woman". |
| Cebuano | Katahum can also refer to something or someone possessing admirable qualities. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The term "美女" carries connotations of physical attractiveness, elegance, and feminine charm, often associated with graceful movements and refined speech. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "美女" (beauty) is derived from the Chinese characters "女" (woman) and "美" (beautiful) and can also refer to a woman who is pleasing to the eye. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "bellezza" also means "good luck". |
| Croatian | The word 'ljepota' is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'lepъ', meaning 'nice' or 'good', and it is related to the words 'ljubav' ('love') and 'ljeto' ('summer'). |
| Czech | The word "krása" is derived from the Proto-Slavic *krasa, meaning "adornment, decoration" |
| Danish | 'Skøn' (beautiful, in Danish) derives from Proto-Germanic *skauni, meaning 'shining'. |
| Dutch | The word "schoonheid" is derived from the Proto-West-Germanic "skono", meaning originally "brightness." |
| Esperanto | "Beleco" also has alternate meanings in Esperanto: "cosmetic", "ornament", and "aesthetics". |
| Estonian | Ilu has been used in Estonian folklore to refer to supernatural spirits of nature, particularly those of the underworld. |
| Finnish | "Kauneus" is also a name for a female in the Kalevala, a Finnish epic. |
| French | "Beauté" is derived from the Latin "bellitas", meaning "loveliness" or "charm", as opposed to pulchritude, which is more related to the physical appearance. |
| Frisian | In the word 'skientme' ('beauty') in Saterland Frisian, the /iː/ is thought to be a relic of the Old Frisian diphthong /iə/. |
| Galician | Galician "beleza" stems from the Latin "bellus" and its diminutive "bellulus", meaning "beautiful", implying a certain level of grace or charm. |
| Georgian | While "სილამაზე" commonly means "beauty", it can also be used to refer to the beauty of a landscape or a person's appearance. |
| German | The German word "Schönheit" evolved from the Old High German word "scōnî", meaning "pleasant" or "radiant". |
| Greek | The word "ομορφιά" derives from the verb "ὁράω" which means "to see" and implies "that which is pleasing to the eyes". |
| Gujarati | The word 'સુંદરતા' has its roots in the Sanskrit word 'sundara', which means 'beautiful, charming, or pleasing to the senses'. |
| Haitian Creole | In Kreyòl, "bote" can refer to both physical beauty and spiritual beauty. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word “kyau” means “beauty”, but also refers to the act of “making something beautiful”. |
| Hawaiian | The word 'nani' (beauty) in Hawaiian can also refer to the appearance or characteristics of a person or thing. |
| Hebrew | "יוֹפִי" comes from the root "יפ" which means "to shine" or "to be radiant." |
| Hindi | The word 'सुंदरता' ('beauty') in Hindi is derived from the Sanskrit word 'सुन्दर' ('beautiful'), which means 'pleasing to the eye or the mind'. |
| Hmong | The term "kev zoo nkauj" can also refer to the act of beautifying oneself or something else. |
| Hungarian | "Szépség" is derived from the Proto-Uralic word *šeβe "beautiful, good". |
| Icelandic | In Norse mythology, "fegurð" also designates the goddess of beauty, Gefjun |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "mma" can also mean "mother," "owner" and "wealth". |
| Indonesian | "Kecantikan" is a loan word from Sanskrit, "kanti," which means a beautiful woman or a goddess. In Javanese, it is "kinanti" or "kanti"} |
| Irish | "Áilleacht" is derived from the Proto-Celtic root "*ali-/*ela-/", meaning "to cause to shine, to be radiant", and is used in Irish to refer to both 'beauty' and 'radiance'" |
| Italian | "Bellezza" comes from the Latin "bellitas", meaning "pleasantness". |
| Japanese | The word has a double meaning that is a play on words in Japanese: “utsukushi” and “utsukushii,” which means “sorrow” and “sorrowful” in the former and “beautiful” and “beautiful thing” in the latter. |
| Javanese | "Kaendahan" also means "good or appropriate way of living" in Javanese |
| Kannada | The word "ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ" in Kannada also denotes grace, charm, and elegance. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "сұлулық" is derived from the Proto-Turkic word *sylïg* meaning both "beauty" and "shining". |
| Khmer | This term is not derived from Sanskrit and the etymology is unknown. |
| Korean | The word '아름다움' can also refer to the concept of 'grace' or 'elegance' in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word 'çelengî' is also associated with the notions of 'good fortune' and 'auspiciousness' in Kurdish folklore. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz term "сулуулук" has an extended meaning of "gracefulness" or "elegance". |
| Latin | The Latin word "pulchritudo" derives from "pulcher" (beautiful) and also means "comeliness, grace, refinement, or elegance." |
| Latvian | The word "skaistums" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skei-, meaning "to shine" or "to glitter". |
| Lithuanian | "Grožis" in Lithuanian comes from the Old Lithuanian word "grażus," meaning "agreeable," and is related to the Latin "gratia," meaning "favor". |
| Macedonian | "Убавина" comes from the Slavic stem "ubh-" meaning "good, well". |
| Malagasy | The word "hatsaranana" is a compound of the words "hatsara" (good) and "anana" (face). |
| Malay | The Malay word 'kecantikan' not only means 'physical beauty' but also 'goodness' or 'virtuousness'. |
| Malayalam | The word "സൗന്ദര്യം" ("beauty") in Malayalam, is derived from the Sanskrit word "सौंदर्य" ("saundarya"), which means "beautiful appearance, grace, or charm". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "sbuħija" ultimately derives from the Arabic word "ṣubḥ", meaning "morning". In Arabic, "ṣubḥ" is associated with concepts of freshness, new beginnings, and radiance, which are also reflected in the Maltese word "sbuħija". |
| Maori | The Maori word "ataahua" can also refer to excellence, virtue, or attractiveness, and its root word is "ata", meaning "dawn" or "morning light." |
| Marathi | The word "सौंदर्य" in Marathi ultimately derives from the Sanskrit word "सुंदरी" (sundari), meaning "beautiful woman" or "goddess." |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian term "гоо сайхан" (beauty) can also refer to a woman's face or appearance. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | အလှတရား can refer to the abstract nature of beauty or the specific details that make a person or object aesthetically pleasing |
| Nepali | The word "सुन्दरता" also means "handsome" or "fine" in Hindi and other languages. |
| Norwegian | "Skjønnhet" is a feminine noun that also translates as "beautiful woman" |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kukongola" can also mean "to blossom" or "to flourish". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ښکلا" also connotes concepts of radiance, joy, and enchantment in addition to physical beauty. |
| Persian | The Persian word "زیبایی" is derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root "*sawbh-ya-," meaning "beautiful, bright, shining." |
| Polish | Its synonyms include: wdzięk (gracefulness, charm), uroda (attractiveness, loveliness), krasna (splendid, magnificent) and powab (allure, fascination). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Beleza means "beauty" in Portuguese, but it can also mean "goodness", "kindness" or "grace". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word 'ਸੁੰਦਰਤਾ' ('beauty') derives from the Sanskrit word 'सुन्दर' ('beautiful'). It also refers to a woman's physical attractiveness. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "frumuseţe" (beauty) is derived from the Latin "frūmōsus" (handsome, beautiful), which in turn derives from "frūs" (the fruit of a tree, fruit). |
| Russian | The word "красота" is also used to describe the beauty of nature and art. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word 'lalelei' derives from the Proto-Polynesian word 'lalelei', meaning 'beautiful'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "bòidhchead" can also refer to "pleasure" or "joy". |
| Serbian | The word "лепота" can also refer to "goodness" or "excellence" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "botle" not only means "beauty," but also "goodness" and "kindness." |
| Shona | The word "runako" in Shona also denotes elegance, symmetry, and harmony. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "خوبصورتي" (beauty) is derived from the Persian word "خوبصورت" (handsome or beautiful). |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "අලංකාරය" in Sinhala can also refer to ornamentation, embellishment, or decoration. |
| Slovak | The word "kráska" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "krasa" meaning "beautiful object" or "ornament." |
| Slovenian | The word can also have the secondary meanings of "kindness" or "mercy." |
| Somali | The Somali word "qurux" also denotes harmony, pleasingness, and radiance. |
| Spanish | "Belleza" derives from the Latin "bellus" (fine, beautiful) and "beatitudo" (blessedness, happiness). |
| Sundanese | The word "kageulisan" can also mean "handsome" or "pretty" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word "uzuri" in Swahili also means "goodness" or "virtue." |
| Swedish | Skönhet shares its root with 'skön', which means 'fair', and 'skona', which means 'to spare' or 'to preserve'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'kagandahan' is derived from the root word 'ganda,' which means 'beautiful' or 'handsome'. |
| Tajik | "Зебоӣ" (beauty) in Tajik has a Persian root meaning "adorned, ornamented." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "அழகு" (azhagu) is also used to refer to handsomeness, loveliness, grace, pulchritude, charm, comeliness, attractiveness, and fairness, among other meanings. |
| Telugu | The word "అందం" in Telugu is a cognate of the Sanskrit word "आनন্দ" (ananda), meaning bliss or joy. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ความงาม" also means "that which makes one happy". |
| Turkish | The word "güzellik" is derived from the Persian word "güzel", meaning "beautiful", and the Turkish suffix "-lik", meaning "quality". It can also refer to "handsomeness" or "pulchritude". |
| Ukrainian | The word "краса" can also mean "adornment" or "embellishment". |
| Urdu | The word "خوبصورتی" can also mean "goodness" or "excellence" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "go'zallik" (beauty) may derive from the Mongolian word "gozel" (handsome or beautiful) and "lik" (suffix indicating quality). |
| Vietnamese | The term "sắc đẹp, vẻ đẹp" can also refer specifically to physical beauty, particularly that of a woman. |
| Welsh | The word "harddwch" is also used to refer to the "quality of being pleasing to the eye or mind", which can include physical beauty, intellectual beauty, or moral beauty. |
| Xhosa | The word 'ubuhle' in Xhosa is derived from the root 'uhle', which can also mean 'goodness', 'virtue', or 'excellence'. |
| Yiddish | Derived from the German word "Schönheit," "שיינקייט" not only means "beauty" but also "goodness" and "grace." |
| Yoruba | The word 'ẹwa' can also mean 'good' or 'pleasant' in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | Ubuhle, derived from the stem -hle meaning 'to be good', denotes not only physical but also moral and spiritual attractiveness. |
| English | Derived from Old French biaute, ultimately from Latin bellus, the word "beauty" also refers to a particular standard of physical attractiveness. |