belle en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella.
Meanings
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An attractive woman.
Another style of necklace among these Papuan belles is to wear two, each hanging on one side of the neck and under the opposite arm, so as to cross each other.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 255:In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball.
- (dated) A fellow gay man.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| belles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
belledom · southern belle · Belle Époque · belle dame sans merci · croshabell · bathing belle · bellehood · volleybelle · aquabelle · cagebelle
Relateds
bad belle · belles-lettres · belle dame · belle assemblée · Belle Creek · belle passion · Southern belle · belle laide · Belle Époque
Translations (36)
cs kráska (beautiful woman) · uk красу́ня (beautiful woman) · eo belulino (beautiful woman) · sh љепојка (beautiful woman) · cmn 美女 (beautiful woman) · sl lepotica (beautiful woman) · ota كوزل (beautiful woman) · fr beauté (beautiful woman) · sh лепојка (beautiful woman) · sh ljepojka (beautiful woman) · sh љепотица (beautiful woman) · de Schönheit (beautiful woman) · sh лепотица (beautiful woman) · sh lepojka (beautiful woman) · de Schöne (beautiful woman) · cmn 美人 (beautiful woman) · be красу́ня (beautiful woman) · mk убавица (beautiful woman) · hi रमणी (beautiful woman) · ru красо́тка (beautiful woman) · pt beldade (beautiful woman) · ja 美人 (beautiful woman) · fi kaunotar (beautiful woman) · sh lepotica (beautiful woman) · sh ljepotica (beautiful woman) · ja 別嬪 (beautiful woman) · be прыгажу́ня (beautiful woman) · sk kráska (beautiful woman) · cs krasavice (beautiful woman) · fr belle (beautiful woman) · sk krásavica (beautiful woman) · ru краса́вица (beautiful woman) · bg краса́вица (beautiful woman) · ja 美女 (beautiful woman) · pl piękność (beautiful woman) · pt bela (beautiful woman)