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Meaning of "bel esprit" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BEL ESPRIT

Literally: fine wit.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BEL ESPRIT

bel esprit  [bɛl ɛspri] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEL ESPRIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bel esprit is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BEL ESPRIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bel esprit in the English dictionary

The definition of bel esprit in the dictionary is a witty or clever person.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEL ESPRIT


Warlpiri
ˈwalpri

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEL ESPRIT

bel
bel canto
Bel Paese
belabour
belace
belah
belamy
belar
Belarus
Belarusian
Belarussian
belate
belated
belatedly
belatedness
Belau
belaud
belay
belayer
belaying cleat

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEL ESPRIT

bowsprit
brit
culprit
esprit
free spirit
grit
holiday spirit
Holy Spirit
inherit
jeu d´esprit
jeux desprit
merit
Nayarit
Sanskrit
spirit
sprit
team spirit
the Spirit
Tikrit
writ

Synonyms and antonyms of bel esprit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bel esprit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEL ESPRIT

Find out the translation of bel esprit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bel esprit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bel esprit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

BEL ESPRIT
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bel esprit
570 millions of speakers

English

bel esprit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेल एस्प्रिट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيل روح العمل الجماعي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бел Esprit
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bel esprit
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেল প্রহরী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bel esprit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bel esprit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bel esprit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベルのエスプリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

벨 의 에스프리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bel esprit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tinh thần đồng bel
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெல் எஸ்பிரிட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेल एस्प्रिट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bel esprit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bel esprit
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bel esprit
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бел Esprit
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bel esprit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bel esprit
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Bel esprit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bel esprit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bel esprit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bel esprit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEL ESPRIT»

The term «bel esprit» is regularly used and occupies the 86.079 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEL ESPRIT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bel esprit

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEL ESPRIT»

Discover the use of bel esprit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bel esprit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound to John Quinn: 1915–1924
v Bel Esprit, 1919-1924 The term for Pound's scheme to subsidize T. S. Eliot's art, "Bel Esprit," might also characterize the cultural achievement of the entire Pound- Quinn collaboration. For the final years of their correspondence, however, it is ...
Timothy Materer, 1991
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Ezra Pound and Europe
A.D. Moody (University of York) BEL ESPRIT AND THE MALATESTA CANTOS A Post- Waste Land Conjunction of Pound and Eliot The Malatesta Cantos open with a combative allusion to The Waste Land: "These fragments you have shelved ...
Richard Taylor, Claus Melchior, 1993
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Pound/Lewis: The Letters of Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis, ...
Bel Esprit. Joyce worked for years as language teacher. & I have done all sort of little jobs at £ 1-1 a shot. — I had left Paris before you wrote re/ Schiff. — I left on March 27th - Dont think wd. have done any good my meeting him. as it wd. be ...
Ezra Pound, Timothy Materer, 1985
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Styles of Enlightenment: Taste, Politics, and Authorship in ...
As we have seen, the concept that most often recurs in that criticism is that of esprit or bel esprit (though the meaning of the former was much more ex- tensive, it was often used as a synonym of the latter).1 The examples provide an ...
Elena Russo, 2007
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De L'esprit: Or, Essays on the Mind, and Its Several Faculties
ñ histoires ( a ) . de ces ouvrages enfin quioccup_entleíleé'teur~ sans le fatiguer , il n'est point' ausii de nation où , du moins sous un autre nom , on ne connoisse ce' que nous désignons par 1e mot bel esprit. Quiconque , en cesdívers genres, ...
Helvétius, 1758
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German Literature, History and the Nation: Papers from the ...
ne sais quoi thematisiert.15 Hier soll allein der Dialog zum bel esprit interessieren, da er sowohl die galante Konzeption desselben enthält, wie auch die Möglichkeit der Existenz des bel esprit in Ländern außerhalb Frankreichs thematisiert.
Christian Emden, David R. Midgley, 2004
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Arlequin-Deucalion; monologue en trois actes. L'antre de ...
C'est cela même que ÿentends : Je la demande 8c jîy prétends , Lon-lan-la derirette , En qualité de Bel-Esprit, Lon-lan-la deriri. Rosarrn V Vous êtes un Bel- Esprit! Et quelle bête est cela 'qu'un Bel-Esprit! =—LE BELIÏSPRIT. Diable 3 un Bel ...
Alexis Piron, M. Rigoley de Juvigny (Jean Antoine), 1776
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Gender, Authenticity, and the Missive Letter in ...
Belles- Lettr.).w Asking why homme d'esprit is never used ironically, while bel esprit, not in itself an ironic term, may become so, Voltaire explains: "It is because homme d'esprit does not signify superior wit, marked talent, while bel esprit does.
Mary McAlpin, 2006
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Conduct Books for Girls in Enlightenment France
Admonitions against becoming a “bel-esprit” [fine wit] abounded and were no less vigorous than the warnings against being a coquette.'° Even Lambert and Leprince, who were more eager than their counterparts to emphasize the benefits of ...
Dr Nadine Berenguier, 2013
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The Soul of Wit: Joke Theory Fromm Grimm to Freud
Bel esprit offers itself as the basis for a public sphere that promises to be able to hold at least the educated classes together. Bouhours is not shy about making the class dynamics of his notion of hel esprit explicit. He laments that 'people have ...
Carl Dale Hill, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEL ESPRIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bel esprit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Three To Watch - Geelong Synthetic
Trained by Robbie Griffiths, the son of Bel Esprit cost $100,000 at the 2014 Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale. The colt is one of three ... «Racing.com, Jul 15»
2
Hayes has high spring hopes for Sistonic
Sistonic and the unbeaten retired champion Black Caviar are both by Bel Esprit while Sistonic's dam Danavia is a half-sister to Black Caviar's ... «Bloodstock.com.au, Jul 15»
3
Duke out, Price hopes rest with Ash
The daughter of Bel Esprit is coming off a win and a second placing in 1000m events at Moonee Valley and Price said so long as she handles ... «Racing.com, Jul 15»
4
John Monash Stakes Tips – 2015
... plus firmer footing underneath, should see the Bel Esprit mare back to her best which is good enough for her to figure right in the mix here. «Sports News, Jul 15»
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Lord Of The Sky Draws Wide in Sir John Monash Stakes Field
... was unable to match the late pace when twelfth in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) first-up on April 18th but almost responded in the best ... «HorseRacing.com.au, Jun 15»
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Sir John Monash Stakes Nominations Include Lord Of The Sky
... Pago Rock clearly needed the run when 12th in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) first-up but almost responded in the best way possible ... «HorseRacing.com.au, Jun 15»
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Lord Esprit faces Flem straight-track test
The three-year-old resumes in a heat of the AR Creswick Series and Noblet is keen to see how the son of Bel Esprit fares in his biggest test. «Bloodstock.com.au, Jun 15»
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Black Caviar relation destined for jumps
Esprit De Sol is by Bel Esprit out of Midnight Sun, who is a product of Western ... who produced Black Caviar after a trip to Bel Esprit in 2005. «Racing.com, Jun 15»
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2015 Tattersall's Tiara Tips: Politeness The Value
Politeness started her winter preparation with a most impressive win in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on April 18 and she ... «HorseRacing.com.au, Jun 15»
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Ia Ora Taharu'u : Les sportifs se mobilisent pour sauver la rivière de …
... ont joué le jeu dans un bel esprit de camaraderie, pour 'la bonne cause'. C'est finalement le jeune surfeur de Taharu'u Ariihoe Tefaafana qui ... «TAHITI INFOS, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bel esprit [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bel-esprit>. May 2024 ».
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