pretty

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
2. Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.
3. (derogatory, often) Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.
4. (UK, derogatory, sometimes) Effeminate.
5. Cunning; clever, skilful.
6. (dated) Moderately large; considerable.
7. (dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).
8. (ironic) Awkward, unpleasant, bad.
9. Matching commonly accepted principles of formatting and syntax, for the sake of readability.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
2. (dialectal, not-comparable) Prettily, in a pretty manner.

Noun

1. A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.
2. Something that is pretty.

Verb

To make pretty; to beautify

Concepten

mooi

aardig

vrij

🆓

tamelijk

nogal

keurig

fraai

schoon

genoeg

voldoende

leuk

basta

net

lief

prachtig

knap

vriendelijk

beminnelijk

charmant

bekoorlijk

vriendelijk

allerliefst

bevallig

bij voorkeur

eer

gracieus

innemend

liefst

liever

mooie

redelijk

schattig

sierlijk

snoeperig

snoezig

veeleer

voorkomend

beminnelijk

aantrekkelijk

Synoniemen

beautiful

lovely

handsome

nice

cute

good-looking

attractive

charming

rather

fairly

graceful

quite

fair

good

👍

fine

considerably

comely

precious

elegant

adorable

neat

darling

enough

pleasing

dainty

kind

good looking

sufficiently

sweet

very

smart

pleasant

be good-looking

magnificent

jolly

dinky

beauteous

nice-looking

somewhat

reasonably

shapely

sightly

pulchritudinous

chic

passably

quaint

moderately

bonny

middling

net

Vertalingen

joli

bonito

beau

hübsch

bello

carino

schön

lindo

bonito

bastante

belle

bello

ziemlich

grazioso

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpɹɪti/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: prety

Overgenomen van Oudengels: prættiġ

Verwant aan Nederlands: prettig

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: prettig

Verwant aan IJslands: prettugur

In summary

From Middle English prety, preti, praty, prati, from Old English prættiġ (“tricky, crafty, sly, cunning, wily, astute”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattug, from Proto-Germanic *prattugaz (“boastful, sly, slick, deceitful, tricky, cunning”), corresponding to prat (“trick”) + -y. Doublet of pratty.
Cognate with Dutch prettig (“nice, pleasant”), Low German prettig (“funny”), Icelandic prettugur (“deceitful, tricky”). For the semantic development, compare canny, clever, cute.