looks
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lʊks/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ʊks
Noun
looks
- plural of look
Noun
looks pl (plural only)
- One's appearance or attractiveness.
- His charm and good looks accounted for much of his popularity in the polls.
Derived terms
Translations
appearance
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Verb
looks
- third-person singular simple present indicative of look
Anagrams
French
Noun
looks m
- plural of look
Ingrian
| →○ | translative | looks |
|---|---|---|
| ○ | essive | loonna, loon |
| ○→ | exessive | loont |
Etymology
From the translative of Proto-Finnic *loo-.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈloːkse/, [ˈɫoːks̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈloːks/, [ˈɫo̝ːkʃ]
- Rhymes: -oːks
- Hyphenation: looks
Postposition
looks (+ genitive)
- (of motion) to, toward
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
- Kissa Muri mäni kirjan looks ja noisi käpälänkä lehtijää liikuttelemaa.
- Muri the cat went towards the book and began to turn the pages with [its] paw.
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 276
Portuguese
Noun
looks
- plural of look
Spanish
Noun
looks m pl
- plural of look