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  • 71Belles-mères — Belle mère Voir « belle mère » sur le Wiktionnaire …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 72belles-lettres — belletrist /bel le trist/, n. belletristic /bel li tris tik/, adj. Fr. /bel le trddeu/, n.pl. 1. literature regarded as a fine art, esp. as having a purely aesthetic function. 2. light and elegant literature, esp. that which is excessively… …

    Universalium

  • 73belles lettres — ▪ literature       literature that is an end in itself and is not practical or purely informative. The term can refer generally to poetry, fiction, drama, etc., or more specifically to light, entertaining, sophisticated literature. It is also… …

    Universalium

  • 74belles-lettres — noun literary works valued more for their aesthetic qualities than for any informative or educational content See Also: belletristic …

    Wiktionary

  • 75Belles-lettres collection — Литературно художественный сборник …

    Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • 76belles-lettres — Synonyms and related words: French literature, Renaissance literature, ancient literature, classics, contemporary literature, erotic literature, erotica, folk literature, humane letters, kitsch, letters, literature, medieval literature, national… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 77BELLES-LETTRES —    that department of literature which implies literary culture and belongs to the domain of art, whatever the subject may be or the special form; it includes poetry, the drama, fiction, and criticism …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 78belles-lettres — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fr. fine literature. See writing …

    English dictionary for students

  • 79belles-lettres —  Writing that has a literary or aesthetic, as opposed to purely informational, value. The word is usually treated as a plural, but may be used as a singular. For reasons unconnected to logic, the hyphen is lost and the word itself contracted in… …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 80belles-lettres —    describes writing that has a literary or esthetic, as opposed to purely informational, value. The word is usually treated as a plural but may be used as a singular. For reasons unconnected to logic, the hyphen is lost and the word itself… …

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