100 Ways to Say Beautiful in Different Languages

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Updated September 3, 2020
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While it’s not likely that anyone will ever get tired of hearing a loved one describe them as beautiful, finding other ways of expression can expand your communication horizons. Learning how to say beautiful in a lot of different languages provides creative options for expressing your appreciation of beauty.

100 Ways to Say Beautiful in Multiple Languages

Want to make sure never run out of ways to say beautiful? Use this extensive translation list for inspiration.

Six Languages With Gendered Words for Beautiful

Some languages have at least two ways of saying beautiful, with separate terms to describe women and men.

Language

Feminine Word for Beautiful

Masculine Word for Beautiful

Arabic

jamila

jamile

French

belle

beau

Italian

bellissima

bellissimo

Spanish

hermosa

hermoso

Portuguese

bonita

bonito

Russian

krasivaya

krasivyy

94 Languages With Gender Neutral Terms for Beautiful

Some languages use a gender neutral word term to mean beautiful rather than — or in addition to — having different words for men or women.

  1. Afrikaans - pragtige
  2. Albanian - bukur
  3. Amharic - k’onijo
  4. Armenian - geghets’ik
  5. Azerbaijani - gözəl
  6. Basque - ederra
  7. Belarusian - pryhoža
  8. Bengali - Sundara
  9. Bosnian - prekrasno
  10. Bulgarian - krasiv
  11. Burmese - lhasaw a sainn
  12. Catalan - bonic
  13. Cebuano - matahum
  14. Chichewa - zokongola
  15. Corsican - bellu
  16. Croatian - lijep
  17. Czech - Krásná
  18. Danish - smuk
  19. Estonian - ilusad
  20. Dutch - mooi
  21. Esperanto - mooi
  22. Filipino - ilusad
  23. Finnish - kaunis
  24. Frisian - moai
  25. Gaelic (Irish) - o Hálainn
  26. Gaelic (Scots) - bòidheach
  27. Galician - fermoso
  28. Georgian - lamazi
  29. Greek - ómorfo
  30. German - schön
  31. Haitian - bèl
  32. Hebrew - yafah
  33. Hindi - sundara
  34. Hmong - zoo nkauj
  35. Hungarian -
  36. Icelandic - falleg
  37. Igbo - mara mma
  38. Indonesian - indah
  39. Irish - Go hálainn
  40. Japanese - utsukushii
  41. Javanese - ayu
  42. Kannada - Sundara
  43. Kazakh - ädemi
  44. Khmer - da srasa saat
  45. Kinyarwanda - mwiza
  46. Korean - areumdapda
  47. Kurdish - bedew
  48. Kyrgyz - suluu
  49. Lao - ngam
  50. Latin - pulchram
  51. Latvian - skaista
  52. Lithuanian - graži
  53. Luxembourgish - schéin
  54. Macedonian - ubava
  55. Mandarin - měilì
  56. Malagasy - tsara tarehy
  57. Malay - cantik
  58. Malayalam - manēāharamāṇ
  59. Maltese - sabiħ
  60. Maori - ataahua
  61. Marathi - sundara
  62. Mongolian - üzesgelentei yum
  63. Nepali - sundara
  64. Norwegian - vakker
  65. Polish - piękny
  66. Portuguese - bela
  67. Punjabi - sudara
  68. Romanian - frumos
  69. Russian - prekrasnyy
  70. Samoan - aulelei
  71. Scottish - bonnie
  72. Serbian - Lepa
  73. Sesotho - ntle
  74. Shona - runako
  75. Sinhala - lassanayi
  76. Slovak - krásna
  77. Slovenian - lepa
  78. Somali - qurux
  79. Sundanese - geulis
  80. Swahili - nzuri
  81. Swedish - vacker
  82. Tajik - zeʙo
  83. Tamil - Aḻaku
  84. Telugu - andamaina
  85. Thai - S̄wy
  86. Turkish - güzel
  87. Ukrainian - harnyy
  88. Uzbek - chiroyli
  89. Vietnamese - xinh đẹp
  90. Welsh - hardd
  91. Xhosa - entle
  92. Yiddish - sheyn
  93. Yoruba - lẹwa
  94. Zulu - muhle

Of course, this isn’t an exhaustive list of every possible way to say beautiful in a different language. While it includes many widely spoken languages and others that are more specific to a particular geographic area, these aren’t the only ways to say beautiful in other languages. There are hundreds of languages spoken around the world, so they are not all included here. Even some of the languages listed have additional words or phrases that also mean beautiful. Using a foreign language dictionary is a great way to identify even more options.

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Using New Ways of Saying Beautiful

Once you discover how the word beautiful is translated into multiple languages, you can vary the way you express your perception of beauty verbally.

  • If you plan to use these words in spoken conversations, be sure to properly master the appropriate pronunciation ahead of time. A smooth delivery will help improve the impact of what you are saying.
  • If you write love letters or poems to your significant other, consider using multiple translations of beautiful in the text.
  • For a creative project, consider creating a word cloud that includes dozens of different words for beautiful. You could create this using your computer or artistic skills such as painting or sketching.
  • Work different ways of describing beauty into your creative writing efforts. Such terminology can enhance poetry, short stories, novels, and other writings.
  • Create unique captions for photos you take and save or share via social media using these terms to vary the way you describe the loveliness depicted in the images.
  • Whether using a different language to express yourself, be prepared to explain the meaning of the term or phrase you are using to the message recipient. The fact that you know the word is a translation of beautiful doesn’t mean that the other person does.

These are just a few examples of the many creative and interesting ways you can use various terms for beauty in your interaction with others and your writing and other creative pursuits.

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Learn Even More Ways to Describe Beauty

Now that you can choose among 100 ways to say beautiful in different languages, consider expanding your vocabulary about the concept of beauty in other ways. For example, consider exploring synonyms for beautiful to identify other terms or phrases you can use to describe beauty, either in your own language or translated into others. You could start by learning beautiful Japanese words.There are endless possibilities when it comes to looking for new ways to let someone know that you see them as beautiful.