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Is ‘butterfly’ a pretty word in every language?

Pretty papillon ... a small tortoiseshell butterfly. — Pretty papillon ... a small tortoiseshell butterfly. Photograph: Ben Oliver/Alamy

Is “butterfly” a pretty word in every language? Papillon (French); mariposa (Spanish); borboleta (Portuguese); farfalla (Italian); and pili-pala (Welsh): all these sound lovely to my ear.

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