Shakespeare was a pretty wise guy, but we’re not convinced he was right when he wrote that ‘a rose by any other name would smell as sweet’.
Some words are just more beautiful than others and, like it or not, these names change the way we view the object.
Thanks to one inquisitive Reddit user, we now know some of the most beautiful words in different languages from around the world.
Of course, it is Reddit so there are few oddballs thrown in but, by and large, these words either are either a delight said out loud or have a poetic meaning.
Here are some of the top voted phrases: