belle

== English == === Etymology === From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl Homophone: bell === Noun === belle (plural belles) An attractive woman. (dated) A fellow gay man. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === “belle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Lebel == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === belle (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bellen == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛl/ Homophones: bel, belles === Adjective === belle feminine singular of beau ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: belle English: Belle === Noun === belle f (plural belles) beautiful woman, belle, beauty (Louisiana) girlfriend ==== Coordinate terms ==== (girlfriend): beau blonde femme gars homme ==== Derived terms ==== Belle au bois dormant faire la belle jouer la belle se faire la belle === Further reading === “belle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛlə === Verb === belle inflection of bellen: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Interlingua == === Adjective === belle (comparative plus belle, superlative le plus belle) beautiful == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.le/ Rhymes: -ɛlle Hyphenation: bèl‧le === Adjective === belle feminine plural of bello === Noun === belle f plural of bella == Latin == === Etymology === From bellus (“pretty, handsome”). === Adverb === bellē (comparative bellius, superlative bellissimē) well, neatly, perfectly prettily, delightfully ==== Derived terms ==== perbellē ==== Related terms ==== bellus bonus === References === “belle”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “belle”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "belle", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “belle”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Norman == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === belle feminine singular of bieau feminine singular of biau == Old English == === Alternative forms === bell === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bellā, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbel.le/, [ˈbeɫ.ɫe] === Noun === belle f bell late 10th century, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot" ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: belle Scots: bell English: bell→ Fiji Hindi: belo→ Japanese: ベル (beru)→ Korean: 벨 (bel) == Turkish == === Verb === belle second-person singular imperative of bellemek