étoile

American  

[ey-twal] / eɪˈtwal /

noun

French.

étoiles plural

1. a star or something shaped like a star.

2. prima ballerina.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• étoiles
  plural

Example Sentences

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étoile étoiles

“I will never be an étoile, because it’s too complicated and it’s a job,” de Laâge says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

Just a sampling: the étoile cannelle is a star-shaped treat fragrant with cinnamon; spritzbredle is made from ground almonds; and anisbredle is flavored with aniseed.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021

Mr. Lidberg’s next film project, a feature, will star Aurélie Dupont, the former Paris Opera Ballet étoile who is now director of that company.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2017

Josephine Baker hitched her wagon to an étoile in 1925, and the rest is mostly French history.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2015

The measured walk, the quincunx and the étoile imposed their unsatisfying sameness on every royal and noble garden.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

His wit flies out on clear-cut, swallow-like wings; in speaking of Paul Alexis' book "Le Besoin d'aimer," he said: "Vous avez trouvé un titre assez laid pour faire reculer les divines étoiles."

From Confessions of a Young Man by Moore, George (George Augustus)

His wit flies out on clear-cut, swallow-like wings as when he said, in speaking of Paul Alexis' book "Le Besoin d'aimer," "Vous avez trouvez un titre assez laid pour faire reculer les divines étoiles."

From Confessions of a Young Man by Moore, George (George Augustus)

In such a passage again as the following, the power and simplicity of the diction can escape no reader; the piling up of the strokes is worthy of Victor Hugo:— Les étoiles cherront.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George