Giselle

American  

[ji-zel, zhee-zel] / dʒɪˈzɛl, ʒiˈzɛl /

noun

1. (italics) a ballet (1841) choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, with musical score by Adolphe Adam.

2. Also Gisele. a female given name, form of Elizabeth.

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Example Sentences

As Bethell removed his helmet and celebrated towards the England dressing room, his father Graham and mother Giselle embraced in the stands, celebrating and wiping away tears of joy.

From BBC

The high school soccer debut of incoming freshman Zoe Thompson, sister of Alyssa and Giselle, will be so big that Harvard-Westlake will need to give out red bibs to photographers to identify who’s real media.

From Los Angeles Times

Dramatic Competition include NB Mager’s “Run Amok,” about an inflammatory high school musical; Giselle Bonilla’s “The Musical,” about a romantic rivalry between a teacher and a principal, featuring Rob Lowe; and Josef Kubota Wladyka’s “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!” about a Japanese ballroom-dancing scene.

From Los Angeles Times

This new species is named for Martina Giselle Ramirez, dean of the College of Science at California State University, Stanislaus and formerly dean of natural sciences and biology professor at St. Norbert College.

From Science Daily

It started last Sunday, when a video posted to X showed 18-year-old Camryn Giselle Booker confronting a group of her classmates at Texas Tech University as they were holding a vigil for Kirk on campus.

From Slate