gorgeous

gorgeous
adjective
1) (magnificent) prächtig; hinreißend [Frau, Mann, Lächeln]; (richly coloured) farbenprächtig
2) (coll.): (splendid) sagenhaft (ugs.)
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['ɡo:‹əs]
adjective
1) (beautiful; splendid: a gorgeous dress; a gorgeous girl; These colours are gorgeous.) prächtig
2) (very pleasant: a gorgeous meal.) großartig
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gor·geous
[ˈgɔ:ʤəs, AM ˈgɔ:r-]
adj
1. (very beautiful) herrlich, großartig
the bride looked \gorgeous die Braut sah zauberhaft aus
hello, G\gorgeous! hallo, du Schöne!
\gorgeous autumnal colours prächtige Herbstfarben
2. (fig: very pleasurable) ausgezeichnet, fabelhaft
that was an absolutely \gorgeous meal das Essen war einfach hervorragend
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['gɔːdZəs]
adj
1) (= lovely) weather, scenery, sunset, colours, food, wine, melody herrlich, fantastisch, phantastisch

to look gorgeous — fantastisch or phantastisch aussehen

to taste/smell gorgeous — herrlich schmecken/duften

2) (inf: beautiful) woman, man, eyes, hair hinreißend; clothes hinreißend, toll (inf); present toll (inf)

a gorgeous blonde — eine sagenhafte Blondine (inf)

a gorgeous hunk — ein toller Typ (inf)

hi, gorgeous! — hallo, Süßer/Süße!

3) (= sumptuous, magnificent) clothes, fabric, jewellery, flowers, building prächtig
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gorgeous [ˈɡɔː(r)dʒəs] adj (adv gorgeously)
1. prächtig, glänzend, prachtvoll (alle auch fig umg)
2. umg großartig, wunderbar
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adjective
1) (magnificent) prächtig; hinreißend [Frau, Mann, Lächeln]; (richly coloured) farbenprächtig
2) (coll.): (splendid) sagenhaft (ugs.)
* * *
adj.
farbenprächtig adj.
prachtvoll adj.
prächtig adj.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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