Question 1

What is the plural of the French word "demoiselle"?

Accepted Answer

demoiselles

Question 2

What is the masculine of the French word "demoiselle"?

Accepted Answer

damoiseau

Question 3

What words are synonyms of the French word "demoiselle"?

Accepted Answer

<ul><li>damoiselle</li></ul>

Question 4

What is the definition of the French word "demoiselle"?

Accepted Answer

A term of courtesy by which young girls and, in the past, unmarried women are addressed.
A girl born to noble parents; the title is the feminine equivalent of squire.
A married and bourgeois woman born to noble parents.
Any woman, married or not, attached to a business, administration.
A genus of damselfly with four membranous wings, often confused with dragonflies but distinguished by a slower flight and a smaller and more frail body.
A wooden ram used by pavers, see 'dame'.
A wooden clamp used to widen the fingers of gloves.
A leather gaiters that sawyers use to protect their knees.
A metal rod used in foundries.
A device that supports the sawhorses of sawyers.
In a sugar refinery, a window in the wall to allow ventilation.
The oarlock support, see 'dame'.
The carcass of a duck, stripped of the liver, breasts, legs and gizzard, and eaten grilled with the fingers.
A variant of the damselfish (fish).
Synonym for the female common girella (species of fish).
One of the vernacular names of the common cepola (fish).
A massive obstacle, generally cylindrical or truncated-conical, placed on the top of a crossbeam to prevent the besieging party from using it as a walkway.
A vertical stone block found on the slopes of certain mountains.
The feminine singular of damoiseau.

Question 5

Where does the French word "demoiselle" come from?

Accepted Answer

Orthographic variant of damoiselle, derived from the Vulgar Latin domnicella, a diminutive of domina.

Question 6

How do you say "demoiselle" in english?

Accepted Answer

damsel

demoiselle

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