You can say:
Elle est belle (she is beautiful)
Elle est jolie (she is pretty)
Elle est beau. (she is beautiful)
Answer 2 :
"Beau" is the masculine of "belle": Il est beau(for a man) , Elle est belle (for a woman)
Elle est belle (she is beautiful), ...jolie (cute, pretty)
"Cette fille est très belle" (This girl is very beautiful)
You can't say - elle est beau - that is incorrect French
I agree strongly with you, you can't say elle est beau. If you said that in France, they would look at you as if you were an idiot.
"Belle femme" is "beautiful woman" in French.
Belle famille is beautiful family in French.
Beautiful skin in French is "Belle Peau" :)
Beautiful photographs in french is de belles photos
Belles personnes is "beautiful people" in French.
'Beautiful view' translates to French as 'belle vue'.
Beautiful all over in French is belle partout.
Beau Rêve = Beautiful Dream
You say, belle cousine.
cloche
belle
Beautiful Goddess in French is Belle Déesse and is pronounced (Bell dee-eh)