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bɛlbelle
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Princeton's WordNet
bellenoun
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
"she was the belle of the ball"
Wiktionary
bellenoun
An attractive woman.
In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball.
Bellenoun
A female given name, diminutive of Isabelle and Annabelle, by folk etymology interpreted as "belle". More common as a middle name than a first name.
Etymology: From belle, from bella.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bellenoun
A young lady.
Etymology: beau, belle, Fr.
What motive could compel
A well-bred lord t’ assault a gentle belle;
O say, what stranger cause yet unexplor’d,
Could make a gentle belle reject a lord? Alexander Pope, R. of the Lock.
Webster Dictionary
Bellenoun
a young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady
Freebase
Belle
Belle is a fictional main character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' thirtieth animated feature film Beauty and the Beast. She subsequently appears in the film's two direct-to-video midquels Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Belle's Magical World, direct-to-video spin-off Belle's Tales of Friendship, and television series Sing Me a Story with Belle. From 1991 to 2011, Belle was voiced by American actress and singer Paige O'Hara, who auditioned for the role after she read about it in The New York Times. Since 2011, Belle has been voiced by American actress Julie Nathanson. Created by screenwriter Linda Woolverton and animated by James Baxter and Mark Henn, Belle is the daughter of an infamous inventor named Maurice, with whom she lives in a small town in France. Though perceived by her fellow villagers as "the most beautiful girl in town," Belle is considered strange and an outcast because of her love of reading and non-conformity. Romantically pursued by a handsome but arrogant hunter named Gaston, in whom she shows no romantic interest because of his conceitedness and sexist mentality, Belle dreams of leaving her provincial village life in favor of adventure. When her father is taken prisoner by the Beast, Belle sacrifices her own freedom, taking his place in order to save his life and eventually learning to accept him for who he is despite his appearance. Intelligent, strong-willed, outspoken and brave, Belle is a young woman who refuses to succumb to her village's outdated view on the role of women in society.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Belle
bel, n. a handsome woman: the chief beauty of a place: a fair lady generally. [Fr. belle—L. bella, bellus.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of belle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of belle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of belle in a Sentence
I walk by (La Belle Equipe) every day on my way to work, how can this be? Young people just enjoying life and relaxing after a long week at work. Why the young innocent people?
It's helped her a lot with pain management. When Belle started, she was taking oxycodone, and the oxycodone was really ineffective for her pain. It was really incredible to watch her riding a horse for the first time. She had no sense of pain whatsoever.
We’re combining renowned Disney entertainment, expertly developed programming and imaginative storytelling to put kids in the center of their own adventures right alongside some of Disney’s most beloved characters, like Mickey Mouse, Chewbacca, Black Panther, Rapunzel, Belle, Anna and Elsa, and more.
I think I'm being given this award because of who Belle is and what she represents. The villagers in our fairytale wanted to make Belle believe the world was smaller than the way that she saw it, with fewer opportunities for her. I love playing someone who didn't listen to any of that.
If the rose is beautiful flower, it is also because it opens itself. (Si la rose est belle fleur, C'est aussi parce qu'elle s'ouvre)
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- حسناءArabic
- прыгажуня, красуняBelarusian
- краса́вицаBulgarian
- kráska, krasaviceCzech
- belleDanish
- Sch, Schönheit, SchöneGerman
- καλλονήGreek
- belulinoEsperanto
- beldadSpanish
- دختر خوشگلPersian
- kaunotarFinnish
- beauté, belleFrench
- belleIrish
- रंगीलीHindi
- bellaItalian
- יְפֵהפִיָהHebrew
- 美女, 美人, 別嬪Japanese
- 미인Korean
- belleLatin
- убавицаMacedonian
- BelleDutch
- belleNorwegian
- pięknośćPolish
- belle, beldadePortuguese
- frumoasăRomanian
- краса́вица, красоткаRussian
- lepotica, лепојка, lepojka, лепотица, љепојка, ljepojka, љепотица, ljepoticaSerbo-Croatian
- krásavica, kráskaSlovak
- lepoticaSlovene
- belleSwedish
- BelleTurkish
- красуняUkrainian
- בעלYiddish
- 美女Chinese
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