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# belle

noun (a belle, belles); French word (belle)

«belle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A belle is a very beautiful girl or woman, especially the most admired one at a party: «the belle of the ball». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belle/#m1)
2. (French) Belle is the feminine form of the French adjective «beau», meaning «beautiful»: «une belle maison» (a beautiful house). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belle/#m2)
3. Belle is also a girl's name, as in the heroine of «Beauty and the Beast» (a name). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belle/#m3)

### In the lessons

In fairy tales and old stories, «the belle of the ball» is the girl everyone wants to dance with. In French lessons, «belle» describes feminine nouns: «la belle rose». Many children know Belle from «Beauty and the Beast». Phrases: «belle of the ball», «Southern belle» (US).

### Examples

- Cinderella was the belle of the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belle/#x1)
- Belle loved reading books in the old story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belle/#x2)
- In French, «belle» means beautiful: «une belle journée». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belle/#x3)
- The town's belle wore a blue silk dress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belle/#x4)
- «Ma belle» is a French way to say «my beautiful one». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belle/#x5)
- In old American stories, a Southern belle was a rich young woman from the South. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belle/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced «bell», like the thing that rings. Old-fashioned in English. In French, «belle» goes with feminine nouns and «beau» with masculine ones. Do not confuse with «bell».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «belle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«belle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/belle.html) on Mova free.