belle
noun
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Pronunciation: /bɛl/
name
Etymology: Diminutive of Isabelle and Annabelle.
- A female given name from English.
noun
Etymology: From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella.
- An attractive woman.
“In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball.”
“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.”
- A fellow gay man.