beldade

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese beldade, probably an internal formation based on belo + -dade (as with Spanish beldad). === Noun === beldade f (plural beldades) beauty (the quality of being beautiful) beauty; belle (beautiful female) === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “beldade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “beldade”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beldade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “beldade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “beldade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “beldade” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013. == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese beldade, probably an internal formation based on belo + -dade (as with Spanish beldad). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ Hyphenation: bel‧da‧de === Noun === beldade f (plural beldades) beauty (the quality of being beautiful) beauty; belle (beautiful female) (informal) other woman === References === “beldade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “beldade”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026 === Further reading === “beldade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026