venustà

See also: venusta

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin venustātem (“loveliness”, “beauty”), from Proto-Italic *wenostāts (“beauty”), from Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁osteh₂ts, ultimately from the root *wenh₁- (“to love”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ve.nusˈta/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ve‧nu‧stà

Noun

venustà f (invariable)

  1. (literary) beauty with a specific component of gracefulness, esp. said of feminine beauty
    Synonyms: bellezza, (literary) beltà

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