Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

belle laide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: belle laide
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman who is attractive despite not being conventionally beautiful.

Example Sentences

"Perhaps her looks were not considered downright repulsive. But she was not even what in those years was called une belle laide, being neither feminine, nor soft, nor submissive."

Etymology

From French, belle (“beautiful woman”) + laide (“ugly”).

Inflected Forms

belles laides (plural)

Questions

What does belle laide mean?: A woman who is attractive despite not being conventionally beautiful.
Where does belle laide come from?: From French, belle (“beautiful woman”) + laide (“ugly”).

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