étoile

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French étoile. Doublet of estoile, stella, and stelo; related to aster and star. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈtwɑːl/ Rhymes: -ɑːl === Noun === étoile (plural étoiles) (ballet) The leading ballet dancer in a company === Anagrams === teleio- == Bourguignon == === Etymology === From Latin stella. === Noun === étoile f (plural étoiles) star == French == === Etymology === From Middle French estoile, from Old French estoile, esteile, from Late Latin stēla, from Latin stēlla. Doublet of Estelle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.twal/ Homophone: étoiles === Noun === étoile f (plural étoiles) star (heraldry) mullet (agriculture) a white mark on the forehead of a horse or bull ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== stellaire ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Haitian Creole: zetwal ⇒ Mauritian Creole: zetwal ⇒ Réunion Creole French: zétoil, zétwal ⇒ Seychellois Creole: zetwal → English: étoile, etoile → Italian: étoile === Further reading === “étoile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Alternative forms === etoile === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French étoile (“star”). Doublet of stella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈtwal/ Rhymes: -al === Noun === étoile m or f by sense (invariable) (ballet) étoile (leading dancer) === Further reading === étoile in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication etoile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana