beau
/bo/
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
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beautiful, handsome
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Il fait un beau temps aujourd'hui.
The weather is beautiful today.
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Similar words
Close synonyms for "beautiful/handsome, pretty."
Similar in other languages
German
wunderschön is an intensified form of beautiful, beyond French beau's plain sense of beautiful or handsome.
Spanish
Spanish bonito (pretty) and French beau (beautiful, handsome) both describe pleasing looks.
Practice
1 What does beau mean?
beautiful, handsome
2 Fill the gap: Il fait un ___ temps aujourd'hui.
Full sentence: Il fait un beau temps aujourd'hui. (The weather is beautiful today.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches beau?
beau: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, positive connotation.
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