Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

belle sabreuse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: belle sabreuse
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gallant swordswoman; a dashing female adventurer.

Example Sentences

"The newspaper accounts show that several attempts were made, and not without success in two or three instances, to deprive la belle sabreuse of the points she had made, and to place her hors de combat."
"Quite sexy, those scars, though, in a belle sabreuse sort of way."
"Exhausted, I canter through postpandrial naps atop a Senegalese camel, and in full beau geste. "En avant, ma belle sabreuse!" shouts Tintin into the teeth of the wind."

Etymology

Borrowed from French belle (“lovely”) + sabreuse (“swordswoman”), after beau sabreur.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: belle

Inflected Forms

belles sabreuses (plural)

Phrases

beau sabreur

Frequently Paired Words

beau sabreur

Questions

What does belle sabreuse mean?: A gallant swordswoman; a dashing female adventurer.
Where does belle sabreuse come from?: It is traced to French.

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