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Belle
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belle bèlle Bellé belle- beḷḷẽ
English
Pronunciation
en /bɛl/
Etymology 1
From en fr belle beauty, beautiful, from en la bella.
Proper noun
s
en female French.
en Jen Kim Love and…: Bad Boys, “The One” & Other Fun Ways to Sabotage Your Relationship w:Skyhorse Publishing 2018 978-1-5107-2784-7 All the miniature Cinderellas, Belles, and Ariels who fill the streets every Halloween are essentially paying homage to characters that will slowly and inevitably chip away at their sense of worth in years to come.
en French
Coordinate terms
Beau male given name
Derived terms
en Belle Creek Belinda Belleville Rumbelle
Translations
female given name
Japanese: ベォレ (Berre)
Etymology 2
Diminutive of Isabelle and Annabelle.
Proper noun
s
en female English.
Usage notes
More common as a middle name than a first name.
See also
en Belle de Boskoop Belle Isle cress
Anagrams
en beell Lebel
en calculator words diminutives of female given names
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Belle, from ceb fr belle Beauty, Beautiful, from ceb la bella. Partly, after the Belle (Disney) Belle character of Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb female English < French < Latin
Dutch
Etymology
Functioning as a shortening of names like nl Isabella, etc. Likely influenced by French fr belle. nl
Pronunciation
nl /ˈbɛ.lə/
nl Nl-Belle.ogg
nl Bel le
Proper noun
f
nl female