HOW TO PRONOUNCE
belle
/bɛl/
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What does belle mean?
noun
- An attractive woman.
proper noun
- A female given name from French.
- A surname from French
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A female given name from English.
noun
- (dated) A fellow gay man.
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IPA pronunciation
/bɛl/
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On a trip to London, he fell in love with, and married a celebrated belle of that city.
“Laudari metuam, neque enim mihi cornea fibra est Sed recti finemque extremumque esse recuso Euge tuum, et belle.”
More book examples (3)
The dog leaped in glad apprehension of something, and Belle scrambled to her feet and took a step forward.
Ninette was a desert-born beauty like her Indian mother, but gray-eyed like her Normandy father, a sweet girl of sixteen, the belle of her set.
So Burton politely tendered his thanks, "scraped the ground thrice," departed with gravity, and in ten minutes forgot all about the belle behind the grille.