What is the masculine form of the word belle?

Note that "beau" is the masculine form and "belle" is the feminine.

1. Is Bel feminine or masculine in French?
2. Is Bel feminine in French?
3. What is Beau and Belle?
4. What is the difference between Bel and Belle?
5. Is Belle a French word?
6. Is Belles plural in French?
7. Does Belle mean girlfriend?
8. What is Beau in feminine form?
9. What is the male version of a Southern Belle?
10. Can a girl be called Beau?
11. Does Beau mean beautiful?
12. What does Bel mean?
13. What does Beau stand for?

Is Bel feminine or masculine in French?

So, now that that's cleared up, remember that beau describes a masculine noun, and belle describes feminine noun.

Is Bel feminine in French?

In another oddity of the French language, belle is technically not its own word. It is the feminine singular version of the adjective beau (which you can think of as handsome, but that's a bit of an oversimplification).

What is Beau and Belle?

Belle is a noun for a gorgeous female, sometimes signified as the most gorgeous at a particular gathering. It is pronounced like bell. It comes from French and is the feminine version if beau. Beau is French and literally means handsome or beautiful in the masculine form.

What is the difference between Bel and Belle?

So for example, un beau chapeau, un bel appartement Both are masculine but they use two different words for beautiful. And the feminine one is belle but bel and belle sound the same but why have two different words, one feminine and one masculine and then a third word? Where does the bel come from?

Is Belle a French word?

From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella.

Is Belles plural in French?

The plural form of belle is belles.

Does Belle mean girlfriend?

belle Add to list Share. A belle is a young woman singled out for being more attractive and charming than other women, as in the phrase belle of the ball.

What is Beau in feminine form?

Beau is the masculine singular for “handsome.” In the feminine singular form, we use belle (beautiful). The masculine plural is beaux and the feminine plural is belles.

What is the male version of a Southern Belle?

“[A Southern Belle's] male counterpart, the cavalier or gentleman, was strong, masterful, quick to anger, ready with his pistol, sometimes too fond of liquor, but withal, chivalrous and protective of those who accepted the legitimacy of his claim to command” (Fox-Genovese 197).

Can a girl be called Beau?

Beau is a masculine singular French adjective meaning "handsome, fine, attractive, fair." It's feminine singular equivalent is Belle. From the late 17th century, the term beau came to refer to a fashionable young man (a dandy), and as such was given as a nickname to fashionable men of society.

Does Beau mean beautiful?

Belle and beau is an adjective that means “beautiful” and “handsome” in French. These are, as all adjectives, used to describe a person or an object. “Beau” describes a masculine noun and “belle” describes a feminine noun.

What does Bel mean?

Bel, signifying "lord" or "master", is a title rather than a genuine name, applied to various gods in Babylonian religion. The feminine form is Belit 'Lady, Mistress'. Bel is represented in Greek as Belos and in Latin as Belus.

What does Beau stand for?

A beau is an old-fashioned term for "boyfriend." When your great-grandmother was young, she probably had a beau. Beau means "handsome" in French.