bellesa

== Catalan == === Etymology === Equivalent to bell +‎ -esa, possibly from Vulgar Latin *bellitia, from Latin bellus. Compare Italian bellezza, Portuguese beleza, Occitan belesa, and Spanish belleza. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [bəˈʎe̞.zə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [bəˈʎə.zə] IPA(key): (Central) [bəˈʎɛ.zə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [beˈʎe.za] Homophone: vellesa === Noun === bellesa f (plural belleses) beauty (in general) beauty (e.g., a woman) === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “bellesa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “bellesa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “bellesa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007