demoiselle
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French demoiselle. The bird is so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. Doublet of damsel, doncella, and donzella.
Noun
[edit]demoiselle (plural demoiselles)
- A damselfly of the family Calopterygidae.
- A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
- The Numidian crane (Grus virgo).
- Synonym: demoiselle crane
Synonyms
[edit]- (damselfly): broad-winged damselfly
Translations
[edit]Calopterygidae
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French
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, diminutive of Latin domina. Compare Spanish doncella and damisela, Italian donzella and damigella, Portuguese donzela. Doublet of donzelle. See Romanian domnișoară.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]demoiselle f (plural demoiselles)
Synonyms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: demoiselle
Further reading
[edit]- “demoiselle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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