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Added 9 October 2026

belle

/bɛl/ noun

Latin root: bella Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about belle at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals.
she was the belle of the ball

Origin

From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella.

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