pulcher

Meaning

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) beautiful, fair, pretty
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively) noble, honorable, excellent

Concepts

beautiful

fine

handsome

lovely

pretty

fair

pulchritudinous

gorgeous

noble

Synonyms

formosus

bellus

lepide

nobilis

pulchre

fōrmōsus

Translations

beau

schön

belo

bonito

bello

mooi

güzel

ωραίος

bell

belle

lindo

schoon

hermoso

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpʊɫ.kʰɛr]

Etymology

Uncertain. The earlier form polcer is traditionally derived from Proto-Italic *porkros, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱ-ró-s or Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-ro-, from the root *perḱ- (“motley, variegated”), with dissimilation of the first *-r- into *-l-, though this has been challenged. Connection with poliō (“to polish, smooth”) or polleō (“to be strong”) is to be excluded.
The aspiration is often considered secondary when the word would have been made to derive from Ancient Greek πολύχροος (polúkhroos, “multicolor”) by folk etymology, while an Etruscan borrowing is usually discarded.