nielle
See also: niellé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French nielle. Doublet of nigella.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nielle (comparative more nielle, superlative most nielle)
- Extremely dark black.
- 1999, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Gravity Dreams, p. 5
- That sky was not purple, nor blue, but nielle, blackness beyond black, with stars that jabbed like knives of light.
- 1999, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Gravity Dreams, p. 5
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Late Latin nigella, feminine noun form of Latin nigellus.
Noun
nielle f (plural nielles)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old French neel, neial, from a substantivation of Latin nigellus.
Noun
nielle m (plural nielles)
Derived terms
Verb
nielle
- first-person singular present indicative of nieller
- third-person singular present indicative of nieller
- first-person singular present subjunctive of nieller
- third-person singular present subjunctive of nieller
- second-person singular imperative of nieller
Further reading
- “nielle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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