Staël

[ stahl ]

/ stɑl /

Save This Word!

noun

Madame de Baronne de Staël-Holstein, 1766–1817, French novelist, essayist, poet, and philosopher.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby Staël

stadiometer, stadium, stadium jacket, stadle, stadtholder, Staël, staff, Staffa, staff association, staff captain, staff college

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use Staël in a sentence

At any rate it is a famous book, and Madame de Stael is a very celebrated author.
Rollo in Geneva|Jacob Abbott
A good deal of biographical pains has been spent, as has been already more than once hinted, on Madame de Stael.
Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2)|Mme de Stael
In Madame de Stael we encounter a truly redoubtable figure in literature.
French Classics|William Cleaver Wilkinson
Madame de Stael was singularly fortunate in heredity on both sides of her parentage.
French Classics|William Cleaver Wilkinson

From this we draw our illustrations by specimen of the literary quality of Madame de Stael.
French Classics|William Cleaver Wilkinson

British Dictionary definitions for Staël

Staël

/ (French stal) /

noun

Madame de . full name Baronne Anne Louise Germaine (née Necker) de Staël-Holstein . 1766–1817, French writer, whose works, esp De l'Allemagne (1810), anticipated French romanticism

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012