étoile

See also: etoile and étoilé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French étoile.

Noun

étoile (plural étoiles)

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

Anagrams

• teleio-

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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin stella.

Noun

étoile f (plural étoiles)

1. star

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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)

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

   • 1881, Reinhart Pieter Anne Dozy, “étoile”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1], volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 814:

     صَبْحَة (M), صُبْحَة (Bc), étoile, marque blanche sur le front d’un cheval ou d’un taureau, pelote.

     … a white mark on the forehead of a horse or bull …

Related terms

• étoilé
• étoile de mer
• étoilement
• étoiler
• stellaire

 

Further reading

• “étoile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.