biau
Norman
Alternative forms
- bieau (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French biau, from Latin bellus.
Adjective
biau m
- (Guernsey) beautiful
Old French
Alternative forms
- beal (uncommon)
- beau
- bel
Etymology
From Latin bellus.
Adjective
biau m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)
- graceful, elegant, courteous
- noble
- (as a term of address) good, as in, my good sir, my good lady
- late 12th century, Aucassin et Nicolette, page 6 of the Mario Roques edition
- Biax sire, fait li quens, car laisciés ester. Nicolete est une caitive que j’amenai d’estrange tere
- Good sir, said the count, let her be. Nicolette is a captive that I've brought here from a foreign land
- Biax sire, fait li quens, car laisciés ester. Nicolete est une caitive que j’amenai d’estrange tere
- late 12th century, Aucassin et Nicolette, page 6 of the Mario Roques edition
- handsome; beautiful
Declension
Declension of biau
| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Subject | biax or biaus | bele | biau |
| Oblique | biau | bele | biau | |
| Plural | Subject | biau | beles | biau |
| Oblique | biax or biaus | beles | biau |
Related terms
- belement
- biauté
Descendants
- French: beau
- English: beau (borrowed)
- Norman: biau, bieau
- Picard: biau