belle means an attractive woman.
belle is pronounced /bɛl/.
Etymology
From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella.
noun
- An attractive woman.“In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball.”
- A fellow gay man.
name
- A female given name from French.“All the miniature Cinderellas, Belles, and Ariels who fill the streets every Halloween are essentially paying homage to characters that will slowly and inevitably chip away at their sense of worth in years to come.”
- A surname from French
- A female given name from English.