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daisy
English
Alternative forms
- daisie, daysie
Etymology
From Middle English dayesye, from Old English dæ?es ?age (“daisy”, literally “day's eye”) due to the flowers closing their blossoms during night. The rhyming slang comes from daisy roots for boots.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?de?.zi/
- Rhymes: -e?zi
Noun
daisy (plural daisies)
- A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
- Many other flowering plants of various species.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A boot or other footwear.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- daisy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- I'd say, Sayid, diyas
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belle
English
Etymology
From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?l/
Noun
belle (plural belles)
- An attractive woman.
- In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball.
- A fellow gay man.
Translations
See also
References
- belle at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Lebel
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
belle
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of bellen
French
Etymology
From Old French bele, from Latin bella(m), feminine of bellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?l/
- Homophones: bel, belles
Adjective
belle
- feminine singular of beau
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: belle
- English: Belle
Noun
belle f (plural belles)
- beautiful woman, belle, beauty
- (Louisiana) girlfriend
Derived terms
- Belle au bois dormant
- se faire la belle
Coordinate terms
(girlfriend):
- beau
- blonde
- femme
- gars
- homme
Further reading
- “belle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?l?
Verb
belle
- inflection of bellen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Interlingua
Adjective
belle (comparative plus belle, superlative le plus belle)
- beautiful
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?lle
Adjective
belle
- feminine plural of bello
Noun
belle f
- plural of bella
Latin
Etymology
From bellus (“pretty, handsome”)
Adverb
bell? (comparative bellius, superlative bellissim?)
- well, neatly, perfectly
- prettily, delightfully
Related terms
- bellus
- bonus
References
- belle in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- belle in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- belle in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- belle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norman
Pronunciation
Adjective
belle
- feminine singular of bieau
- feminine singular of biau
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bell?, from Proto-Germanic *bell?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bel.le/, [?be?.?e]
Noun
belle f
- bell
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: belle
- Scots: bell
- English: bell
- ? Fiji Hindi: belo
- ? Japanese: ?? (beru)
Turkish
Verb
belle
- second-person singular imperative of bellemek
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