looks

looks

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊks/

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• Rhymes: -ʊks

Noun

looks

1. plural of look

Noun

looks pl (plural only)

1. One's appearance or attractiveness.

   His charm and good looks accounted for much of his popularity in the polls.

   Looks can be deceiving.

Translations

appearance

Chinese: Mandarin: 模樣／模样 (zh) (múyàng), 容貌 (zh) (róngmào) Finnish: ulkonäkö (fi) French: allure (fr) f German: Aussehen (de) n Japanese: 容貌 (ja) (ようぼう, yōbō), ルックス (ja) (rukkusu) Latin: vultum n Norwegian: Bokmål: utseende (no) n Polish: wygląd (pl) m Russian: нару́жность (ru) f (narúžnostʹ), вне́шность (ru) f (vnéšnostʹ) Vietnamese: vẻ (vi), mã (vi)

Verb

looks

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of look

Anagrams

• Sokol, kolos

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French

Noun

looks m

1. plural of look

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Ingrian

Spatial inflection of looks

→○	translative	looks
○	essive	loonna, loon
○→	exessive	loont

Etymology

From the translative of Proto-Finnic *loo-.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈloːks/, [ˈɫoːks̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈloːks/, [ˈɫo̝ːkʃ]
• Rhymes: -oːks
• Hyphenation: looks

Postposition

looks (+ genitive)

1. (of motion) to, toward
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Kissa Muri mäni kirjan looks ja noisi käpälänkä lehtijää liikuttelemaa.

     Muri the cat went towards the book and began to turn the pages with [its] paw.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 276

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Spanish

Noun

looks m pl

1. plural of look