Giselle

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English

Etymology

From French Giselle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɪˈzɛl/, /dʒɪˈzɛl/

Proper noun

Giselle

  1. A female given name from French.
    • 1995, Sharyn McCrumb, If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him, page 85:
      "Giselle? That's not the name on the documents — "
      "Oh no." Bob gave her a sad smile. "Her real name was Staci, but she once studied ballet, and Jeb thought she was so graceful, with her big brown eyes. Like Bambi. So the pet name went from Gazelle to Giselle. Giselle is a famous ballet," he added, in case A. P. Hill were culturally challenged.

Translations

Anagrams

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, shortened from Germanic compound names beginning with gisil (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz (“pledge, hostage”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Giselle f

  1. a female given name

Portuguese

Proper noun

Giselle f

  1. a female given name; Alternative form of Gisela

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Giselle.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝiˈsel/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃiˈsel/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒiˈsel/

  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: Gi‧se‧lle

Proper noun

Giselle f

  1. a female given name
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