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beau
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French beau, from Latin bellus (“beautiful”). Doublet of bello.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bo?/
- (UK)
- Homophone: bow
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
beau (plural beaux or beaus)
- (dated) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 21
- “I do not comprehend the meaning of the word. But this I can say, that if he ever was a beau before he married, he is one still, for there is not the smallest alteration in him.”
- “Oh! dear! one never thinks of married mens’[sic] being beaux—they have something else to do.”
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 21
- (dated) A male lover; a boyfriend.
- 1917, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, p. 142:
- Hannah's beau takes all her time 'n' thought, and when she gits a husband her mother'll be out o' sight and out o' mind.
- 2009, Philippa Bourke, Monsters and Critics [1], Dec 10, 2009:
- Kristin Davis has taken time out to enjoy the surf and sand with her Australian beau, photographer Russell James.
- 1917, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, p. 142:
- A male escort.
- A suitor of a lady.
Translations
See also
- beau-
- beautiful
- Beau
References
- beau in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Aube, aube
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- beu
Etymology
From Latin bib?. Compare Romanian bea, beau.
Verb
beau (third-person present singular indicative bea, past participle biutã)
- I drink
Related terms
- beari/beare
- biut
- biutor
- biuturã
- parabeau
French
Etymology
From Middle French beau, from Old French biau, bel, from Latin bellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo/
- Rhymes: -o
- Homophones: bau, baux, beaux, bot, bots
Adjective
beau (masculine singular before vowel bel, feminine singular belle, masculine plural beaux, feminine plural belles)
- handsome, fine, attractive
- nice
- fair (weather)
Usage notes
- To avoid hiatus, the form bel is used before masculine singular nouns that begin with a vowel or mute h.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? English: beau, Beau, belle, Belle
Noun
beau m (plural beaux)
- (Louisiana) boyfriend
Coordinate terms
- belle
- blonde
- femme
- gars
- homme
Further reading
- “beau” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- aube
Middle English
Alternative forms
- beu, bew, bewe
Etymology
From Old French bel, biau, from Latin bellus, from Old Latin *duenelos. Doublet of bel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?u?/
- Rhymes: -?u?
Adjective
beau
- good, fine
References
- “beau, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French
Alternative forms
- bel
Etymology
From Old French beau, one of the variants of biau.
Adjective
beau m (feminine singular belle, masculine plural beaux, feminine plural belles)
- beautiful; handsome; attractive
Descendants
- French: beau
Old French
Adjective
beau m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)
- Alternative form of biau
Declension
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [be?aw]
Verb
beau
- first-person singular present indicative of bea
- first-person singular present subjunctive of bea
- third-person plural present indicative of bea
- third-person plural imperfect indicative of bea
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romeo
Italian
Noun
romeo m (plural romei, feminine romea)
- pilgrim travelling to Rome
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