bellezza

Italian

Etymology

From bello +‎ -ezza, possibly from Vulgar Latin *bellitia, from Latin bellus. Compare Spanish belleza, Portuguese beleza, Occitan belesa, Occitan 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)

beauty
loveliness (of a woman)
handsomeness (of a man)

Related terms

Romansch

Alternative forms

bellezia (Sursilvan)
baleztgia, balezia (Sutsilvan)
belezza (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bellitia. Compare Spanish belleza, Portuguese beleza, Occitan belesa, Occitan bellesa, Sicilian biddizza, Venetian bełézsa, Friulian bielece, Romansch baleztgia, Sardinian bellesa.

Noun

bellezza f (plural bellezzas)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) beauty

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