English

Proper noun

Belle

1. A female given name

Coordinate terms

• Beau (male given name)

Derived terms

• Belinda

Translations

Etymology 2

Diminutive of Isabelle and Annabelle.

Proper noun

Belle

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

More common as a middle name than a first name.

English

Noun

belle ‎(plural belles)

1. An attractive woman.

   In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball.

Translations

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

belle

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of bellen

French

Etymology

From Old French bele, from Latin bella(m), feminine of bellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛl/

Adjective

belle

1. feminine singular of beau

Derived terms

• Bellefontaine

Noun

belle f ‎(plural belles)

1. beautiful woman, belle, beauty

German

Verb

belle

1. First-person singular present of bellen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of bellen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of bellen.
4. Imperative singular of bellen.

Interlingua

Adjective

belle ‎(comparative plus belle, superlative le plus belle)

1. beautiful

Italian

Adjective

belle

1. feminine plural of bello

Noun

belle f

1. plural of bella

Latin

Etymology

From bellus ‎(“pretty, handsome”)

Adverb

bellē ‎(comparable bellius, superlative bellissimē)

1. well, neatly, perfectly
2. prettily, delightfully

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “belle”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norman

Pronunciation

Adjective

belle

1. feminine singular of bieau
2. feminine singular of biau

Turkish

Verb

belle

1. note