Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beaut

/bjut/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: beaut
IPA: /bjut/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something or someone that is physically attractive.

Informal

noun

Something that is a remarkable example of its type.

Informal

adj

Beautiful, splendid.

Australian usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"That new car of yours is a real beaut."
"Bruno lifted his left hand out of the bucket in order to point out to Catfoot a lump, the size of a darning egg, over his left eye. […] "Ain't it a beaut, Cat? It's where he butted me.""
"In his most famous quip, La Guardia once remarked, “When I make a mistake it's a beaut!”"
"Both of them were used to long surveillance stints. This looked like it might be a beaut."
"Oh, yeah. She's a beaut. Looks like an oil tanker."
"An' there was posies all round Jim, He had a bran new suit, The first un that he ever had, An' everything was beaut. An' when the preacher told 'bout Jim— How ' twas he got the swipe— I saw most all them dandy swells A feelin' fer a wipe."

Etymology

Either a back-formation from beauty or a clipping of thereof.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bjut/
British English: /bjuːt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

beauts (plural) beauter (comparative) beautest (superlative)

Synonyms

beautiful person beauty

Homonyms

butte Bute

Rhymes With

minute shoot suit route cute fruit root dispute boot suite substitute pursuit

Questions

How do you pronounce beaut?: The recorded pronunciation is /bjut/.
What does beaut mean?: Something or someone that is physically attractive.
Where does beaut come from?: Either a back-formation from beauty or a clipping of thereof.

How to pronounce beaut

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