belle

Etymology

From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl/

Noun

belle (plural belles)

1. An attractive woman.

   In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball.

See also

Anagrams

• Lebel

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Verb

belle

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of bellen

Etymology

From Old French bele, from Latin bella(m), feminine of bellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl/

Adjective

belle

1. feminine singular of beau

Noun

belle f (plural belles)

1. beautiful woman, belle, beauty
2. (Louisiana) girlfriend

Further reading

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

Verb

belle

1. First-person singular present of bellen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of bellen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of bellen.
4. Imperative singular of bellen.

Adjective

belle (comparative plus belle, superlative le plus belle)

1. beautiful

Adjective

belle

1. feminine plural of bello

Noun

belle f

1. plural of bella

Etymology

From bellus (“pretty, handsome”)

Adverb

bellē (comparative bellius, superlative bellissimē)

1. well, neatly, perfectly
2. prettily, delightfully

References

• belle in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• belle in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• belle in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• belle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Pronunciation

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Adjective

belle

1. feminine singular of bieau
2. feminine singular of biau

Verb

belle

1. second-person singular imperative of bellemek