étoile

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See also: etoile and étoilé

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French étoile. Doublet of estoile, stella, star, and aster.

Noun[edit]

étoile (plural étoiles)

  1. (ballet) The leading ballet dancer in a company

Anagrams[edit]

Bourguignon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin stella.

Noun[edit]

étoile f (plural étoiles)

  1. star

French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French estoile, from Old French estoile, esteile, from Latin stēlla via the variant Vulgar Latin *stēla. The expected French outcome for stēlla would be non-existent *ételle. Doublet of Estelle.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

étoile f (plural étoiles)

  1. star
  2. (heraldry) mullet
  3. (agriculture) a white mark on the forehead of a horse or bull

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Haitian Creole: zetwal
  • Mauritian Creole: zetwal
  • Seychellois Creole: zetwal
  • English: étoile, etoile
  • Italian: étoile

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from French étoile (star). Doublet of stella.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

étoile m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. (ballet) étoile (leading dancer)

Further reading[edit]

  • étoile in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • etoile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana