"demoiselle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: demoiselles [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French demoiselle. The bird is so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. Doublet of damsel, doncella, and donzella. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|demoiselle}} French demoiselle, {{doublet|en|damsel|doncella|donzella}} Doublet of damsel, doncella, and donzella Head templates: {{en-noun}} demoiselle (plural demoiselles)
  1. A damselfly of the family Calopterygidae. Categories (lifeform): Damselflies Translations (Calopterygidae): neidonkorento (Finnish), Prachtlibelle [feminine] (German), tániilʼáítsʼóóz bitʼaʼ ntsaaígíí (Navajo), świtezianka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-demoiselle-en-noun-AOgdZC6V Disambiguation of Damselflies: 34 25 40 Disambiguation of 'Calopterygidae': 77 6 17
  2. A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid. Categories (lifeform): Damselflies
    Sense id: en-demoiselle-en-noun-V3GuEUYR Disambiguation of Damselflies: 34 25 40
  3. The Numidian crane (Grus virgo). Categories (lifeform): Cranes (birds), Damselflies Synonyms: demoiselle crane
    Sense id: en-demoiselle-en-noun-w9bOqtSq Disambiguation of Cranes (birds): 16 26 58 Disambiguation of Damselflies: 34 25 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 32 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 27 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 17 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: broad-winged damselfly

Noun [French]

IPA: /də.mwa.zɛl/ Audio: Fr-demoiselle.ogg Forms: demoiselles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, diminutive of Latin domina. Compare Spanish doncella and damisela, Italian donzella and damigella, Portuguese donzela. Doublet of donzelle. See Romanian domnișoară. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|damoisele|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French damoisele, {{inh+|fr|fro|damoisele}} Inherited from Old French damoisele, {{inh|fr|VL.|*domnicella}} Vulgar Latin *domnicella, {{inh|fr|la|domina}} Latin domina, {{cog|es|doncella}} Spanish doncella, {{m|es|damisela}} damisela, {{cog|it|donzella}} Italian donzella, {{m|it|damigella}} damigella, {{cog|pt|donzela}} Portuguese donzela, {{doublet|fr|donzelle}} Doublet of donzelle, {{cog|ro|domnișoară}} Romanian domnișoară Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} demoiselle f (plural demoiselles)
  1. damsel, maiden Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-demoiselle-fr-noun-8CJAQkRV
  2. miss Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-demoiselle-fr-noun-gGiPw9X4
  3. damselfly Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-demoiselle-fr-noun-Ab8S02VO Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 29 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dlle, damoiselle Derived forms: demoiselle d’honneur, demoiselle en détresse, mademoiselle Related terms: damoiseau

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          "maiden"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "miss"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miss",
          "miss"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "damselfly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "damselfly",
          "damselfly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/də.mwa.zɛl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-demoiselle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/Fr-demoiselle.ogg/Fr-demoiselle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Fr-demoiselle.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dlle"
    },
    {
      "word": "damoiselle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demoiselle"
}
{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (damselfly): broad-winged damselfly desc=damselfly rest=broad-winged damselfly cls=romanization cls2=english e1=True e2=False",
  "path": [
    "demoiselle"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "demoiselle",
  "trace": ""
}

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