belle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Verb 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.3 Noun 4 Italian 4.1 Adjective 4.2 Noun 5 Latin 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Adverb 5.2.1 Related terms 6 Turkish 6.1 Verb form

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French belle, from Latin bella.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɛl/

[edit] Noun

belle (plural belles)

1. An attractive woman.

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

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: красавица bg(bg)
• Finnish: kaunotar fi(fi)

[edit] See also

belle assemblée belle dame belle laide

belle passion belles-lettres

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Verb

belle

1. The subjunctive of bellen.

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɛl/, SAMPA: /bEl/

[edit] Adjective

belle f.

1. feminine singular of beau: beautiful pretty

[edit] Noun

belle f. (plural belles)

1. beautiful woman, belle, beauty

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

belle f. plural

1. Feminine form of bello.

[edit] Noun

belle f.

1. Plural form of bella.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From bellus (“‘pretty, handsome’”)

[edit] Adverb

bellē (comparative bellius, superlative bellissimē)

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

[edit] Related terms

• bellus
• bonus

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Verb form

belle

1. note