libelle

See also: Libelle and libellé

English

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libelle (literary genre)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from French libelle. Doublet of libel.

Noun

libelle (plural libelles)

1. (chiefly historical) A pamphlet or book that slanders a public political figure.
   • 2020, Collin Foss, The Culture of War - Literature of the Siege of Paris 1870-1871, →ISBN, page 193:

     What sort of political work was the libelle of 1870 doing? The people already knew that Napoléon III was not infallible, since he had just been captured.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin libella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌliˈbɛ.lə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: li‧bel‧le
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

libelle f (plural libellen or libelles, diminutive libelletje n)

1. alternative form of libel

French

Etymology

From Latin libellus, diminutive of liber (“book”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.bɛl/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Homophones: libellent, libelles

Noun

libelle m (plural libelles)

1. libel
2. libelle

Verb

libelle

1. inflection of libeller:
   1. first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/ present subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “libelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Noun

libelle m

1. vocative singular of libellus