étoile

See also: etoile and étoilé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French étoile.

Noun

étoile (plural étoiles)

(ballet) The leading ballet dancer (male or female) in a company

French

Etymology

From Middle French estoile, from Old French estoile, esteile, from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Doublet of Estelle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.twal/
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Homophone: étoiles

Noun

étoile f (plural étoiles)

star
(heraldry) mullet

Related terms

Terms related to étoile

étoilement
étoiler

stellaire

Further reading

“étoile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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