No. 5,210 in Catalan
belles
"Beautiful" (feminine plural).
In a sentence
Les flors són belles.
The flowers are beautiful.
In this sentence, 'belles' is used as an adjective to describe the plural feminine noun 'flors' (flowers), meaning 'beautiful'.
Elles són les més belles del grup.
They are the most beautiful in the group.
Here, 'belles' operates in the superlative form to indicate that a group of feminine subjects (elles) possess the highest degree of beauty.
Va llegir un poema sobre les belles arts.
He read a poem about the fine arts.
In this context, 'belles' is part of the noun phrase 'belles arts', referring to the fine arts, so it modifies 'arts' (a feminine plural noun) according to its specific idiomatic usage.
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