"belle" meaning in French

See belle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /bɛl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Ltrlg-belle.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-belle.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan), LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-belle.wav [France, Vosges]
Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} belle
  1. feminine singular of beau Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: beau Derived forms: Belle, Bellefontaine
    Sense id: en-belle-fr-adj-lBlhk2T6

Noun

IPA: /bɛl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Ltrlg-belle.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-belle.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan), LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-belle.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: belles [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} belle f (plural belles)
  1. beautiful woman, belle, beauty Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-belle-fr-noun-mtQ1OM-a Categories (other): Appearance, Female people Disambiguation of Appearance: 0 67 33 Disambiguation of Female people: 19 56 24
  2. (Louisiana) girlfriend Tags: Louisiana, feminine
    Sense id: en-belle-fr-noun-6pKmEnvz Categories (other): Louisiana French, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 7 7 1 3 22 15 5 5 10 1 12 13 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 1 2 23 15 3 3 14 1 15 17 0 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 7 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Belle au bois dormant, faire la belle, jouer la belle, se faire la belle Coordinate_terms: beau, blonde, femme, gars, homme
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