étoile
noun
a star or something shaped like a star.
étoiles
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pluralof étoile.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 George (George Augustus) Moore
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 George (George Augustus) Moore
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 George Saintsbury
