jeune fille
noun
a girl or young woman.
jeunes filles
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pluralof jeune fille.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It isn't, you know; actually it's for jeunes filles who want to be slicked up a little in walking, talking, putting on lip lines correctly, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
He realized, even in the cloud of his fascination, that French jeunes filles are not wonted to lurk about palms at a ball.
From The Fortieth Door by Mary Hastings Bradley
They adore her, and stand up and salute when she comes into the ward; and we had enough for the jeunes filles and the grannies in the women's ward of blessées.
From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous
I gathered that the three young girls were daughters of the house; I also noted that trois gracieuses jeunes filles was doubly underlined.
From Pushed and the Return Push by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols
I wish I were being engaged in France instead of here, because there I think les jeunes filles do not have to kiss.
From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
