nielle

See also: niellé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French nielle. Doublet of nigella.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /njɛl/

Adjective

nielle (comparative more nielle, superlative most nielle)

Extremely dark black.
- 1999, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Gravity Dreams, p. 5
  That sky was not purple, nor blue, but nielle, blackness beyond black, with stars that jabbed like knives of light.

Anagrams

Nellie

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /njɛl/

Etymology 1

From Late Latin nigella, feminine noun form of Latin nigellus.

Noun

nielle f (plural nielles)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old French neel, neial, from a substantivation of Latin nigellus.

Noun

nielle m (plural nielles)

niello

Derived terms

nieller
nielleur

Verb

nielle

first-person singular present indicative of nieller
third-person singular present indicative of nieller
first-person singular present subjunctive of nieller
third-person singular present subjunctive of nieller
second-person singular imperative of nieller

Further reading

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

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