demoiselle

• “So, Kristin, where was le mot "demoiselle" in the story?”

  stagiaire - French Word-A-Day

• “The French word "demoiselle," which might be adequately rendered into Japanese by the term _ojosan_, refers only to those exquisitely slender, graceful, slow-flitting dragon-flies known to the scientist by the name of Calopteryx.”

  Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn

• “This "demoiselle" was the type of a woman who is never to be met with except in Paris.”

  The Thirteen

• “demoiselle" now rides "Sin-fin's" Irish hunters, we may believe, if we wish, that a rickety piano formed the basis of an international romance.”

  Night Bombing with the Bedouins

• “The cafe crowd howled, the girl's mother growled, and certain susceptibles felt sympathy for the demoiselle whose hapless heart lived itself out loud.”

  French Word-A-Day:

• “French Vocabulary une fille = girl le tabac = bar, café, or shop with a cigarette counter la demoiselle = young lady”

  French Word-A-Day:

• “Alexis is doing an internship at our winery. le stage = internship le/la stagiaire = intern, trainee le ménage = housework le souci = worry la garçonnière = bachelor pad le fromage = cheese la demoiselle = the young lady la gastro (gastronomie) = gastronomy hélas = alas une mère = mother (note: this word is missing from the sound file)”

  stagiaire - French Word-A-Day

• “She didn't tell you to go that way," Max pointed out, in gallant defense of the demoiselle.”

  French Word-A-Day:

• “(And remember: hovering over every game is the dread spectre of Fanny, the demoiselle – or, more usually, artistic representation thereof – whose bare bottom the player who suffers a 13-0 defeat is required to kiss.)”

  The Guardian: How boules got cool

• “What I'm after is the most beautiful of all Claxton's dragonflies, an insect more lovely even than its name, the banded demoiselle.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk

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