"formoso" meaning in Italian

See formoso in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /forˈmo.zo/, /forˈmo.so/, /foɾmoso/ (note: Romanesco) Forms: formosa [feminine], formosi [masculine, plural], formose [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso Etymology: From Latin fōrmōsus (“beautiful, well-formed”) (compare Portuguese formoso, Spanish hermoso, Galician fermoso, Romanian frumos). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|fōrmōsus||beautiful, well-formed}} Latin fōrmōsus (“beautiful, well-formed”), {{cog|pt|formoso}} Portuguese formoso, {{cog|es|hermoso}} Spanish hermoso, {{cog|gl|fermoso}} Galician fermoso, {{cog|ro|frumos}} Romanian frumos Head templates: {{it-adj}} formoso (feminine formosa, masculine plural formosi, feminine plural formose)
  1. shapely, curvaceous, (rare, uncommon, dialectal, dated, archaic, obsolete) beautiful Related terms: forma, formosità
    Sense id: en-formoso-it-adj-MCisLW4i Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Italian terms with rare senses",
        "Italian terms with uncommon senses",
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