belle
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7.1
- noun
- /bɛl/
:
belleza
- Everyone says I'm quite the belle.
She says she wants to be treated like a Southern belle.
- She says she wants to be treated like a Southern belle.
Examples
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The prettiest girl, the prettiest dress, the best dancer, the belle of the ball.
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Yeah, you were the belle of the ball.
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I am the wedding belle of the ball.
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I am telling you, you will be the belle of the ball.
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Can you walk into any party and be the belle of the ball?
Academic text (2016) -
I used to be the belle of the ball, she thought.
Fiction book (1998) -
You're the belle of the ball!
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The belle of St. Petersburg society.
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Annabelle's eyes flicked to the lady who had evidently become the belle of the ball.
Fiction book (1990) -
At the annual gala, everyone admired her as the belle of the ball.
Synonyms
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2.3
A thing that is an especially good example of its kind
Antonyms
Compounds
A small plant from southern Europe with white flowers often grown in gardens but sometimes a weed
How Beautiful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word belle comes from the French belle, which means 'beautiful' for a woman and is like the French beau for a man. Think of the phrase 'belle of the ball' — a belle is the young woman everyone admires, so the word means a beautiful and much-admired woman.