looks

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊks/

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• Rhymes: -ʊks

Noun

looks

1. plural of look

Noun

looks pl (plural only)

1. One's appearance or attractiveness.

   His charm and good looks accounted for much of his popularity in the polls.

Derived terms

• by the looks of things
• good looks
• lack-looks
• looks can be deceiving
• short on looks

 

Translations

appearance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 模樣／模样 (zh) (múyàng), 容貌 (zh) (róngmào)

• Finnish: ulkonäkö (fi)
• French: allure (fr) f
• Georgian: გარეგნობა (garegnoba)
• German: Aussehen (de) n
• Italian: aspetto (it) m
• Japanese: 容貌 (ja) (ようぼう, yōbō), ルックス (ja) (rukkusu)
• Latin: vultum n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utseende (no) n

• Polish: wygląd (pl) m
• Russian: нару́жность (ru) f (narúžnostʹ), вне́шность (ru) f (vnéšnostʹ)
• Turkish: dış görünüş
• Vietnamese: vẻ (vi), mã (vi)

Verb

looks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of look

Anagrams

• Sokol, kolos

French

Noun

looks m

1. plural of look

Ingrian

Spatial inflection of looks

→○	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)

1. (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

• looksepääsemätöin

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 276

Spanish

Noun

looks m pl

1. plural of look