i'm working on a project , and i've got a question about a word
the dictionary says the word can mean different things
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, so i'd really like your help if you've got a minute
the word is:
demoiselle
what does this word mean to you / make you think about?
if you don't know, your answer is also important!
all feedback is greatly appreciated =)
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the dictionary says the word can mean different things
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, so i'd really like your help if you've got a minute
the word is:
demoiselle
what does this word mean to you / make you think about?
if you don't know, your answer is also important!
all feedback is greatly appreciated =)
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i just know it as a french word to describe a young lady; in english "damsel"
ReplyDeleteI believe it literally means "young woman."
ReplyDeleteFor me it conjures the image of a stylish young lady, perhaps wearing a floaty dress and a straw hat with ribbons flowing loosely from it. She may or may not be running through a field of wildflowers. Hope this helps!
It makes me think about a dancing Demoiselle Crane eating cake at a weeding and I’ll tell you why. It looks like this: http://www.arkive.org/demoiselle-crane/anthropoides-virgo/image-G74521.html, only in my head she is wearing a party dress. They dance to impress the opposite gender, but it's also believed to be important in motor development and can serve to thwart aggression, relieve tension, and strengthen the pair bond (http://www.savingcranes.org/demoiselle-crane.html).
ReplyDeleteThe good people at Saving Cranes also provide this fun fact: “when first brought to France from the steppes of Russia, the Demoiselle Crane was so named by Queen Marie Antoinette, for its delicate and maiden-like appearance”.
They're important in Pakistani and Indian culture and the Sanskrit word is "koonj". According to S.H. Manto, "koonj" is used "metaphorically for a young bride far away from her home" and for beautiful women in general (from "The Individual and Society" published by the Department of English at The University of Delhi in 2005.
Don't know what this word means, but it looks like it would sound pretty. Does that help at all?
ReplyDeleteJust know the word means young lady from what I've read of it, a lady's maiden!! I hoep you get the answer you need :) xx
ReplyDeletethank you so much ladies, every comment helps a lot =)
ReplyDeleteJust free association here...
ReplyDeletedemoiselle makes me think, little, demure, feminine, petite, grace, silence, french, flirt, lady, damsel, maiden, girl...
I think it is just an abbreviation of mademoiselle which just means Miss or lady. But in use, I agree, it more means young lady then just lady.
ReplyDeleteUne demoiselle... I think now of ancient French boarding-schools where young girls were educated to become full member of the French ´high-society´...
ReplyDeleteAnyway, a ´demoiselle´ is/was a young lady/girl, not married. Nowadays, this word isn´t used very much anymore in the French, modern language; only as ´mademoiselle´, when you call a young girl or talk to here (ma demoiselle = my young lady); the same as: madame (ma dame = my lady) and monsieur (mon sieur = my lord).