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belles

belles is the plural of belle.

Meaning of belle

Noun

belle (plural belles)

  1. An attractive woman.
    • In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball.
  2. (dated) A fellow gay man.

See all 5 meanings of belle

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Belles

Belles

  1. A village in Dominica.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Belles

Belles

  1. (plural) plural of Belle

Origin of belles

Named after British colonial administrator and author Henry Hesketh Bell (1864–1952).

Phrases with belles

Questions about belles

What does belles mean?
Belles means a village in Dominica.
What is belles the plural of?
Belles is the plural of belle.
What part of speech is belles?
Belles is a proper noun.

Words near belles in the dictionary

  1. bellerophontoidean
  2. bellerophontoids
  3. Bellerose
  4. Belleroses
  5. bellers
  6. belles
  7. belles dames sans merci
  8. belles laides
  9. belles lettres
  10. belles of the ball
  11. belles sabreuses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: belles (page history and authors); Belles (page history and authors); belle (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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