How to say “beauty” in 37 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Urdu, where ادا is the 293rd most used word.
- Albanian bukuri #1,343
- Arabic جمال #1,041
- Armenian գեղեցկություն #1,574
- Basque edertasun #1,341
- Bengali জামাল beauty, grace, elegance #1,145
- Bulgarian красота #1,843
- Catalan bellesa #1,461
- Chinese 美女 beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady #639
- Czech krása #2,243
- Danish skønhed #2,286
- Dutch miss a winner of a beauty contest #595
- English beautiful Possessing beauty, impressing the eye;… #363
- Esperanto beleco #1,859
- Estonian kaunitar a beautiful woman, a beauty #1,979
- French beauté #1,389
- Galician beleza #1,096
- German miss title for a beauty queen #482
- Greek ομορφιά #1,845
- Hebrew יופי #316
- Hindi सौंदर्य #2,401
- Italian bellezza #1,736
- Korean 미 #747
- Lithuanian grožis #1,745
- Macedonian убавина #1,772
- Malay kecantikan beauty; prettiness #1,792
- Malayalam മനോഹരം #537
- Persian خال beauty spot #2,242
- Portuguese beleza #1,625
- Slovak krása #1,267
- Slovenian lepota #1,189
- Spanish belleza #1,657
- Swedish skönhet #2,495
- Tagalog ganda #869
- Tamil அழகு beauty, elegance, comeliness, handsomeness #621
- Turkish güzellik beauty, beautifulness, fairness #2,050
- Urdu ادا beauty, charm #293
- Vietnamese dung beauty, one of the tứ đức that women are… #1,238
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.