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Belle

//bɛl// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from French.

    "All the miniature Cinderellas, Belles, and Ariels who fill the streets every Halloween are essentially paying homage to characters that will slowly and inevitably chip away at their sense of worth in years to come."

  2. 2
    A female given name from English.
  3. 3
    A surname from French
Noun
  1. 1
    An attractive woman.

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

  2. 2
    a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals wordnet
  3. 3
    A fellow gay man. dated

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella.

Etymology 2

From French belle (“beauty, beautiful”), from Latin bella.

Etymology 3

Diminutive of Isabelle and Annabelle.

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