demoiselle
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French demoiselle. The bird is so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. Doublet of damsel, doncella, and donzella.
Noun
editdemoiselle (plural demoiselles)
- A damselfly of the family Calopterygidae.
- A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
- The Numidian crane (Grus virgo).
- Synonym: demoiselle crane
Synonyms
edit- (damselfly): broad-winged damselfly
Translations
editCalopterygidae
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French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, diminutive of Latin domina. Compare Spanish doncella and damisela, Italian donzella and damigella, Portuguese donzela. Doublet of donzelle. See Romanian domnișoară.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdemoiselle f (plural demoiselles)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: demoiselle
Further reading
edit- “demoiselle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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