Plural of belle
regular plural
The plural of belle is belles.
Forms of belle
| Singular | belle /bɛl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | belles |
| Countable | countable |
Belles in a sentence
- She was a joke to the village wits and a byword to the village belles.1921, Collier's, page 3. From the entry wallflower
- For a festive dinner, the belles pull out the stops.2017 June 30, Ruth La Ferla, “In ‘The Beguiled,’ Pretty Confections Whipped Up to Seduce”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry taffeta
- Her friend threw the novels rather a longing look, then turned strongmindedly to the cabinet of belles lettres.2004, Nicola Humble, The Feminine Middlebrow Novel, 1920s to 1950s: Class, Domesticity, and Bohemianism, →ISBN, page 42. From the entry strongmindedly
- A propos te belles, savre-fous que l’être après timain que notre prital te bourgeois épouse la fille de monsir Goternitz?2004 [1743], Jean-Jacques Rousseau, translated by Christopher Kelly, “The Prisoners of War”, in Letter to d’Alembert and Writings for the…. From the entry monsir
- The girls look like Southern belles or Cinderellas.1988 May 16, Melissa Merlie, “Dancing the night away”, in Chillicothe Gazette, volume 189, number 39, Chillicothe, Ohio, page 1B, column 2. From the entry cinderella
Meaning of belle
- noun An attractive woman.
- noun A fellow gay man.
Questions about the plural of belle
- What is the plural of belle?
- The plural of belle is belles.
- Is belle countable?
- Belle is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: belle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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