← All words
noun, feminine

demoiselle

/də.mwa.zɛl/

noun, feminine/də.mwa.zɛl/plural: demoiselles

damsel, maiden; Miss; damselfly

Inherited from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, diminutive of Latin domina. Compare Spanish doncella and damisela, Italian donzella and damigella, Portuguese donzela. Doublet of donzelle. See Romanian domnișoară.

demoiselle — French Dictionary | Passage