Isabelle

See also: isabelle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Isabelle.

Proper noun

Isabelle

1. A female given name from French Isabelle, ultimately a variant of Elizabeth.
   • 2008 March 22, The Associated Press, “French Victory in Ice Dance”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder of France won the ice dance title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Goteborg, Sweden, and the Americans Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto went home without a medal for the first time since 2004.

Derived terms

• (diminutive): Belle, Issy, Izzy

Related terms

• Isabel

French

Etymology

From Old Spanish Isabel in the 12th century, ultimately from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.za.bɛl/

Proper noun

Isabelle f

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Élisabeth

Descendants

• → English: Isabelle
• → German: Isabelle
• → Swedish: Isabelle

Anagrams

• abeilles
• bâillées

German

Etymology

From French Isabelle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (commonest) /izaˈbɛl/, (variants) /ˈiːzaˌbɛl/, /izaˈbɛlə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Isabelle f (proper noun, genitive Isabelles or (with an article) Isabelle)

1. a female given name

Related terms

• isabellfarben

Further reading

• “Isabelle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

Proper noun

Isabelle f

1. a female given name, variant of Isabel

Swedish

Etymology

From French Isabelle. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1895.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Isabelle c (genitive Isabelles)

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Isabella