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.tsa/
  • Hyphenation: bel‧léz‧za

Noun

bellezza f (plural bellezze)

  1. beauty
  2. loveliness (of a woman)
  3. handsomeness (of a man)

Romansch

Alternative forms

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)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) beauty
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