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bel esprit

UK/bɛlɛˈspɹi/

bel esprit noun: a very witty or clever person.

Noun

bel esprit (plural beaux esprits)

  1. A very witty or clever person.
    • a man of letters and a bel esprit1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC

bel esprit meaning in Tamil and Bengali

bel esprit in Tamil

சொலல்வல்லர், சொலல் வல்லன்

bel esprit in Bengali

খুবই রসিক, চতুর ব্যক্তি

Forms of bel esprit

pluralbeaux esprits

Origin of bel esprit

Borrowed from French bel esprit.

Questions about bel esprit

What does bel esprit mean?
Bel esprit means a very witty or clever person.
What is bel esprit in Tamil?
Bel esprit in Tamil is சொலல்வல்லர், சொலல் வல்லன். See Bel esprit meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bel esprit?
Bel esprit is a noun.
How do you pronounce bel esprit?
Bel esprit is pronounced /bɛlɛˈspɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of bel esprit?
The plural of bel esprit is beaux esprits.

Words near bel esprit in the dictionary

  1. Bel & Dr.
  2. Bel Abbès
  3. Bel Air
  4. Bel and the Dragon
  5. bel canto
  6. bel esprit
  7. Bel Paese
  8. bel-
  9. bel-accoyle
  10. Bel-Air
  11. Bela

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bel esprit (page history and authors); bel esprit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bel esprit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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