Belle

//bɛl// name, noun

name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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
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

Synonyms

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bathing beautybeaubeau idealbeautbeautiful womanbeauty

Example

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"The Franconian guest is entitled to be a little jealous when coming to the traditional holiday residence of High Society and the chosen homeland of rich pensioners, smelling the fragrant scents of the whole world at the flower market and walking past the Belle Époque Façades of famous noble hotels."

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.

Related phrases

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