bellezza
See also: Bellezza
Italian
Etymology
From bello + -ezza, possibly from Vulgar Latin *bellitia, from Latin bellus. Compare Spanish belleza, Portuguese beleza, Occitan belesa, Catalan bellesa, Sicilian biddizza, Venetian bełézsa, Friulian bielece, Romansch baleztgia, Sardinian bellesa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /belˈlet.t͡sa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ettsa
- Hyphenation: bel‧léz‧za
Noun
bellezza f (plural bellezze)
- beauty
- Synonym: (archaic) beltà
- loveliness (of a woman)
- handsomeness (of a man)
Related terms
- bello
- bellezza al bagno
- istituto di bellezza
- reginetta di bellezza
Further reading
bellezza on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Romansch
Alternative forms
- bellezia (Sursilvan)
- baleztgia, balezia (Sutsilvan)
- belezza (Surmiran)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *bellitia, from Latin bellus. Compare Spanish belleza, Portuguese beleza, Occitan belesa, Catalan bellesa, Sicilian biddizza, Venetian bełézsa, Friulian bielece, Romansch baleztgia, Sardinian bellesa.
Noun
bellezza f (plural bellezzas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) beauty