belle (redirected from belles)

belle  (bl)

n.

A popular, attractive girl or woman, especially the most attractive one of a group: the belle of the ball.

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[French, beautiful, belle, from Latin bella, feminine of bellus; see deu-² in Indo-European roots.]

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belle [bɛl]

n

1. a beautiful girl or woman

2. the most attractive or admired girl or woman at a place, function, etc. (esp in the phrase the belle of the ball)

[from French, feminine of beau]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

belle - a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals; "she was the belle of the ball" fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"

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belle

noun beauty, looker (informal), lovely, good-looker, goddess, Venus, peach (informal), cracker (informal), stunner (informal), charmer She was the belle of her Sunday school class.

Translations

belle [bel] N the belle of the ball → la reina del baile

belle

n → Schöne f, → Schönheit f; the belle of the ball → die Ballkönigin