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Everyone's surprised when they meet me. I guess it's because I've played tough cookies for so long... It's what I do best. I'm not sure I could pull off a genteel Southern belle.
Rhea Perlman

Meaning of "belle" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BELLE

From French, feminine of beau.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BELLE

belle  [bɛl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BELLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Belle 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 BELLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of belle in the English dictionary

The definition of belle in the dictionary is a beautiful girl or woman. Other definition of belle is the most attractive or admired girl or woman at a place, function, etc.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BELLE

belladonna
belladonna lily
Bellamy
bellarmine
Bellatrix
Bellay
bellbind
bellbird
bellboy
bellcote
Belle Isle
Belleau Wood
Belleek
Bellerophon
belles-lettres
belleter
belletrism
belletrist
belletristic
belletristical

WORDS THAT END LIKE BELLE

aquarelle
Celle
demoiselle
dentelle
echelle
gazelle
Helle
La Rochelle
mademoiselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle
mirabelle
Moselle
nouvelle
ritournelle
rondelle
roselle
selle
spirituelle
tagliatelle
vielle

Synonyms and antonyms of belle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BELLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «belle» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of belle

Translation of «belle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BELLE

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

Translator English - Chinese

美女
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

belle
570 millions of speakers

English

belle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेले
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

حسناء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Belle
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

belle
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুন্দরী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

belle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Belle
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schöne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

美人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Belle
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

mỷ nhân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெண் வேடத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bella
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

belle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Belle
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

belle
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

belle
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Belle
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

belle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

belle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of belle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BELLE»

The term «belle» is very widely used and occupies the 3.471 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BELLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «belle» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «belle» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «BELLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word belle.
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Wilfred Owen
She is elegant rather than belle.
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Rhea Perlman
Everyone's surprised when they meet me. I guess it's because I've played tough cookies for so long... It's what I do best. I'm not sure I could pull off a genteel Southern belle.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELLE»

Discover the use of belle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to belle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Belle. by Lesley Pearse
Praise for Lesley Pearse 'Pearse wil pull on your heart strings with this well-crafted story.' Sun 'A glorious heart-warming saga.' Woman & Home 'An atmospheric cracker with lots of twists.' Woman
Lesley Pearse, 2011
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Belle: A Retelling of "Beauty and the Beast"
Belle is convinced she has the wrong name, as she lacks her sisters' awe-inspiring beauty. So she withdraws from society, devoting her time to wood carving. Secretly, Belle longs to find the fabled Heartwood Tree.
Cameron Dokey, 2011
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Belle Teal
Belle Teal's life isn't easy, but she gets by. She lives with her mother and grandmother far out in the country. They don't have much money, but Belle Teal feels rich with their love.
Ann Martin, Ann M. Martin, 2012
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Belle
After a grueling escape north, Belle Palmer is free, yet lost and alone. Separated from her father on the harrowing journey, Belle has nowhere to turn until she finds shelter with the Bests, the first free family she's ever known.
Beverly Jenkins, 2009
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Belle Epoque? A: Women and Feminism in French Society and ...
This book explores all these facets of the period, weaving them into a complex, multi-stranded argument about the importance of this rich period of French women’s history.
Diana Holmes, Carrie Tarr, 2006
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Belle the Birthday Fairy
When Jack Frost steals the three charms of Belle the birthday fairy, Rachel and Kirsty must help retrieve the charms and save all birthday celebrations.
Daisy Meadows, 2012
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Belle Prater's Boy
Belle Prater's Boy is a 1996 Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards Honor Book for Fiction and a 1997 Newbery Honor Book.
Ruth White, 1996
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Dawn of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, ...
" With the addition of an evocative new preface, Mary McAuliffe takes the reader back to these perilous years following the abrupt collapse of the Second Empire and France's uncertain venture into the Third Republic.
Mary McAuliffe, 2011
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Biostatistics: A Methodology For the Health Sciences
New to this edition are discussions of Longitudinal data analysis Randomized clinical trials Bayesian statistics GEE The bootstrap method Enhanced by a companion Web site providing data sets, selected problems and solutions, and examples ...
Gerald van Belle, Lloyd D. Fisher, Patrick J. Heagerty, 2004
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Belle: Rebel in Red Silk
Joyce Dunn reveals the life and times of a bigger-than-life character trying to shape the world and find her place in it.
Joyce Dunn, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BELLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term belle is used in the context of the following news items.
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Senior Power Days to be held on Belle Isle
Complimentary recreational passes sponsored by Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix will be given to seniors who attend the inaugural ... «Michronicleonline, Jul 15»
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80-year-old coin celebrating Chrysler's first decade found in Belle
An Essex County man has unearthed an 80-year-old coin celebrating Chrysler's first decade in auto manufacturing. Robb Meloche, of Belle ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
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Yesterday's Air Force: Memphis Belle
Yesterday's Air Force: Memphis Belle ... Fortress is an iconic aircraft of the Second World War, but one of the most famous is the Memphis Belle. «Forces TV, Jul 15»
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Julia Belle Swain preparing for journey home
This story begins forty-four years ago in Dubuque, Iowa. That's where a determined crew built the Julia Belle Swain. A steamboat that became a ... «WXOW.com, Jul 15»
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Dancing Through Dark Nights – preview of faith shift
Belle Alvarez is currently sitting on the floor of a dance studio in front of a group of dancers who are counting an inaudible song with their breath ... «The Dance Journal, Jul 15»
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MAE BELLE BRADLEY
Mae Belle Bradley, 107, of Wesson, passed from this life on Saturday, July 4, 2015, at the Medical Center of South Arkansas. She was a ... «El Dorado News-Times, Jul 15»
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PARKER: Bad Belle of the Ball
I was Belle incarnate. I was the woman who inspired Walt to write that nose-in-a-book character in the first place. I was a cake topper — a ... «InfoTel News Ltd, Jul 15»
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Belle Gibson Almost Killed Me
She told Kylie all about Belle Gibson and how, according to her blog, she was healing herself through healthy eating. Belle's lies about curing ... «New Idea, Jul 15»
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Builder of Branson Belle now serves as Purple Heart educator
Some people retire from work and go to the lake. John D. Dismer spent his life around lakes, and now, in retirement, works to educate young ... «Springfield News-Leader, Jul 15»
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Bertha Belle Hill
Bertha Belle Hill, 91, of Longview, WA died June 30, 2015 at Community Home Health and Hospice. Bertha was born October 28, 1923 in Ava, ... «Longview Daily News, Jul 15»

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