See Beau

English

Etymology

French beau, Latin bellus "beautiful".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bəʊ/ or /bo/
• An audio transcript can be found at en-uk-beau.ogg

Homophones

• bow

Noun

1. A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy.
2. A male lover; a boyfriend.
3. a male escort.

Translations

• Finnish: keikari, hienostelija

• Finnish: poikaystävä

• French: sigisbée

See also

• beau-
• beautiful

References

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

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French

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at Fr-beau.ogg
• IPA: lang=fr
• w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /bo/

Adjective

{{fr-infl-adj-m2|sm=beau|sm2=bel|sf=belle|pm=beaux|pf=belles|smp=bo|sm2p=bɛl|sfp=bɛl|pmp=bo|pfp=bɛl}} beau (female: belle, plural: beaux, plural female: belles, male form to be used before a noun beginning with a vowel: bel)

1. handsome, fine, attractive
2. nice.
3. fair (weather).
4. : Il fait beau.
5. :: It is fair (weather)

Related terms

• bellâtre

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Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA: [bʲaw]

Verb

beau

1. {{ro-form-verb|1s|pres|bea}}
2. {{ro-form-verb|1s|sub|bea}}
3. {{ro-form-verb|3p|pres|bea}}
4. {{ro-form-verb|3p|impf|bea}}

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