"bela" meaning in Esperanto

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbela/ Forms: belan [accusative, singular], belaj [plural], belajn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -ela Etymology: From Italian bello, Latin bellus. Etymology templates: {{der|eo|it|bello}} Italian bello, {{der|eo|la|bellus}} Latin bellus Head templates: {{eo-head}} bela (accusative singular belan, plural belaj, accusative plural belajn)
  1. beautiful, pretty Derived forms: belega

Inflected forms

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    [
      "bello",
      "bello#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "bellus",
      "bellus#Latin"
    ]
  ],
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        "1": "eo",
        "2": "it",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin bellus",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "belan",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "belaj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "belajn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bela (accusative singular belan, plural belaj, accusative plural belajn)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "be‧la"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "be‧la"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "malbela"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 25 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "eo",
          "name": "Appearance",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "belega"
        }
      ],
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            [
              5,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How beautiful are its tall mountains completely covered with plants!",
          "ref": "1907, Filipina Esperantisto, Volumes 1-2:",
          "text": "Kiaj belaj estas ĝiaj altaj montoj tute kovritaj de kreskaĵoj!",
          "translation": "How beautiful are its tall mountains completely covered with plants!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And when Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.",
          "text": "1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 12:14.\nKaj kiam Abram venis Egiptujon, la Egiptoj vidis, ke la virino estas tre bela.",
          "translation": "And when Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "beautiful, pretty"
      ],
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        ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbela/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ela"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bela"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "belega"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "bello",
      "bello#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "bellus",
      "bellus#Latin"
    ]
  ],
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        "1": "eo",
        "2": "it",
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      },
      "expansion": "Italian bello",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "bellus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bellus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Italian bello, Latin bellus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "belan",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "belaj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "belajn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bela (accusative singular belan, plural belaj, accusative plural belajn)",
      "name": "eo-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "be‧la"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "be‧la"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "word": "malbela"
        }
      ],
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        "Esperanto adjectives",
        "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
        "Esperanto lemmas",
        "Esperanto terms derived from Italian",
        "Esperanto terms derived from Latin",
        "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Esperanto terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 25 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:Esperanto/ela",
        "Rhymes:Esperanto/ela/2 syllables",
        "Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto",
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      ],
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            [
              5,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How beautiful are its tall mountains completely covered with plants!",
          "ref": "1907, Filipina Esperantisto, Volumes 1-2:",
          "text": "Kiaj belaj estas ĝiaj altaj montoj tute kovritaj de kreskaĵoj!",
          "translation": "How beautiful are its tall mountains completely covered with plants!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And when Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.",
          "text": "1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 12:14.\nKaj kiam Abram venis Egiptujon, la Egiptoj vidis, ke la virino estas tre bela.",
          "translation": "And when Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "beautiful, pretty"
      ],
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        ],
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          "pretty"
        ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbela/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ela"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bela"
}

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