étoile
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French étoile. Doublet of estoile, stella, star, and aster.
Noun
étoile (plural étoiles)
- (ballet) The leading ballet dancer in a company
Anagrams
Bourguignon
Etymology
Noun
étoile f (plural étoiles)
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French estoile, from Old French estoile, esteile, from Latin stēlla via the variant Vulgar Latin *stēla. The expected French outcome for stēlla would be non-existent *ételle. Doublet of Estelle.
Pronunciation
Noun
étoile f (plural étoiles)
Derived terms
- à la belle étoile
- amas d’étoiles
- anis étoile
- avoir des étoiles dans les yeux
- avoir des étoiles plein les yeux
- bonne étoile
- étoilé
- étoile à neutrons
- étoile de David
- étoile de mer
- étoile des neiges
- étoile du matin
- étoile du soir
- étoile filante
- étoile géante
- étoile invitée
- étoile jaune
- étoile naine
- étoilement
- étoiler
- super-amas d’étoiles
Related terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: zetwal
- Mauritian Creole: zetwal
- Seychellois Creole: zetwal
- → English: étoile, etoile
- → Italian: étoile
Further reading
- “étoile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French étoile (“star”). Doublet of stella.
Pronunciation
Noun
étoile m or f by sense (invariable)