demoiselle
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English[edit]
Banded demoiselle (damselfly of the family Calopterygidae), Calopteryx splendens
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French demoiselle. The bird is so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.
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).
Synonyms[edit]
- (damselfly): broad-winged damselfly
Translations[edit]
Calopterygidae
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French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, diminutive of Latin domina. Compare Spanish doncella and damisela, Italian donzella and damigella.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
demoiselle f (plural demoiselles)
Derived terms[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- “demoiselle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Cranes (birds)
- en:Dragonflies and damselflies
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
