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单词 etoile
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etoilen.

Brit. /ᵻˈtɔɪl/, /ɛˈtɔɪl/, /ɛˈtwɑːl/, U.S. /əˈtɔɪl/, /ɛˈtɔɪl/, /eɪˈtwɔl/
Forms: 1700s– etoile, 1800s– étoile.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French étoile.
Etymology: < French étoile star (1636; c1100 in Old French as esteile ), star-shaped fort (1690; compare earlier †fort en estoile (1639)), X-shaped bandage (1696 or earlier; compare in the same sense étoillé , literally ‘starred’ (1689 in the passage translated in quot. 1706 at sense 1)), a charge in the form of a star (late 17th cent. or earlier; 14th cent. in Anglo-Norman as estoyle and in Middle French as estoille estoile n.), leading dancer in a ballet company (late 19th cent.; compare suject etoile (1895 as the official title for this position in the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris)) < classical Latin stella star (see stella n.). Compare Old Occitan estela (mid 13th cent.), Catalan estela , estel (14th cent.), Spanish estrella (c1210 as †estella ), Portuguese estrela (13th cent.), Italian stella (late 13th cent.). Compare earlier estoile n.
1. A bandage which is wrapped around a fractured shoulder blade so as to form an X-shape. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [noun] > bandage for specific part
wristband1663
suspensory1699
etoile1706
scapular1739
scapulary1754
accipiter1813
frond1848
stapes1875
suspensor1896
1706 tr. L. Verduc Manner curing Fractures 76 in tr. A. Belloste Hosp. Surgeon (ed. 2) You must make the Bandage call'd Etoile [Fr. le Bandage nommé Étoillé].
2. Fortification. A small fort or redoubt in the shape of a star. Now rare.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > other types of fort
hendecagon1648
grand1670
etoile1727
vitrified fort1777
roundabout1795
ring fort1846
oppidum1847
sea-fort1879
motte-and-bailey1900
motte castle1912
mote-castle1919
murus gallicus1939
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Etoile,..a small Sort of Work of 4, 5, 6, or more Points, a Star redoubt.
1770 W. Hooper tr. J. F. von Bielfeld Elements Universal Erudition II. i. xlix. 25 A fort that is composed all of tenailles is called an etoile or a star fort.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Etoiles..have been superseded by square redoubts.
1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 211 Etoiles, in fortification, small redoubts which are constructed by means of angles rentrant and angles sortant, having from five to eight salient points.
3. Heraldry. A charge in the form of a star with wavy rays. Cf. estoile n.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of heavenly bodies or phenomena > [noun] > star
estoile1572
ray1700
etoile1727
1727 T. Wotton et al. Eng. Baronets I. 139 Arms:..In Chief a Sphere between two Etoiles.
1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Rays, when depicted round the sun, should be sixteen in number, but, when round an etoile, six only.
1842 T. Moule Heraldry of Fish 59 The etoile is a well-known symbol of the Epiphany.
1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) vi. 97 Étoile is represented with six wavy points.
1956 H. L. Savage Gawain-poet 166 Gawain does bear the golden Star on the red shield. It may be the Étoile of the French kings Jean and Charles.
2010 Great Barr Observer (Nexis) 25 June 8 Inset into the brickwork, were the quartered arms of Sir Francis (Bateman—crescents and etoiles; Scott—lambs and catherine wheels).
4. (A title for) a leading dancer in a ballet company. Cf. premier danseur n., première danseuse n.
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society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > ballet-dancer > leading dancer
premier danseur1822
première danseuse1822
coryphée1828
primo ballerino1840
prima ballerina1864
première1867
etoile1922
1877 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 27 May 12/1 Mdlle. Roserie..agreed to dance for them as premiere danseuse etoile.]
1922 Times 7 Oct. 9/4 Mme. Mariquita..returned to Paris as the étoile at the Porte Saint-Martin.
1952 Ballet Today July 7/3 Extracts from the third act of Daphnis and Chloe excellently danced by the two étoiles of the Paris Opéra.
1986 Stage & Television Today 7 Aug. 14/3 Nureyev announced the promotion of Manuel Legris to the top rank of étoile.
2002 Vogue Oct. 234/2 For her first season as an étoile, Pujol has a busy schedule.

Derivatives

etoile-wise n. Obsolete in the form of a star.
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1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 287 The public walks and drives..are formed etoile-wise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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