Also means
handsome
Usage Note
Beau shifts to bel before a vowel — un bel homme — and to belle for feminine nouns, with the plural beaux. It also describes fine weather in il fait beau, and lives on in avoir beau faire (to try in vain) and the in-laws prefix beau-père.
Examples
"Quel beau paysage !"
Natural Translation
What a beautiful landscape!
Literal Translation
What beautiful landscape
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