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beau

"beau" means "handsome, fine, attractive" in French. It is number 402 on the frequency list, in A1 (adj).

Meaning

handsome, fine, attractive; nice; fair

IPA

/bo/

Forms in this course

belle

Level

A1

Practice this word

Updated October 21, 2026

Example sentences

• Tellement belle !
  So beautiful!
  Tatoeba: GuiFFI / swolesuki
• Je suis belle.
  I'm beautiful.
  Tatoeba: Micsmithel / papabear
• Elle est belle.
  She is beautiful.
  Tatoeba: Pharamp / CK

Learned together

In the course, "beau" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.

• chaque each
• longtemps for a long time
• premier first
• point not
• tellement so
• vieux old
• enfin finally
• droit straight, straight on
• loin far, distant

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