Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a young unmarried woman.
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- noun a young woman
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Examples
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"_Ma fille, ma fille_," and the half-inquiring accent of Wanamee's voice fell on her ear.
A Little Girl in Old Quebec Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873
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Even the Marriage de ma fille is a marriage in high life, and the
Gardening by Myself 1872
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Suddenly those shoes represent so much to me: a lifetime or two (my son's and daughter's, combined), the duration of our belle-mère/belle-fille friendship, and the number of years that I've known my husband.
mother-in-law 2010
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Quand mon fils m'a taquiné, en disant que j'étais vieille, ma fille acrié "retires-le!"
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Higher than a street prostitute or a fille libre but lower than the legendary grandes horizontales , lionesses and amazons , Chanel was a grisette , "the young milliner, glover or seamstress . . . who often took lovers to boost their pitiful earnings."
The Enduring Coco Chanel Laura Jacobs 2011
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Notre fille a réussi le concours de saut d'obstacle sans fautes (sans faire tomber les barres).
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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The girl loses control of her boy's toys and by the time l'hunque emerges from his boudoir, la fille has been eaten by the sofa.
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EVER, I reply, giving a typical belle-fille* response to her belle-mère, though it is entirely unnecessary in view of our unusual daughter-in-law/mother-in-law complicité.
mother-in-law 2010
smrtrthnu commented on the word fille
filles are female horses, am i not correct?
October 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word fille
That would be fillies (singular: filly).
October 11, 2008