spirituelle
English
Etymology
From French spirituelle.
Adjective
spirituelle (comparative more spirituelle, superlative most spirituelle)
- (dated) Showing great grace and delicacy.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 234:
- Laughter may be generally classed under three heads,—forced, silly, or vulgar; but hers is the most sweet, real, spirituelle sound possible...
- 1901, Caroline Atwater Mason, A Lily of France, page 77:
- Noble in person and in dress and of an unconscious majesty of demeanor, the beauty of the daughter of Marguerite de Valois was far beyond that of the conventional, artful beauties of her day; hers was a spirituelle, eloquent sweetness, […]
- 1915, Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley, The Theosophical Path: Illustrated Monthly, volume 8, page 48:
- […] he was a little above medium height, well built and with a brisk step; his hair was black, his complexion deep brown, his physiognomy very spirituelle, his features regular.
Noun
spirituelle (plural spirituelles)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spi.ʁi.tɥɛl/
Adjective
spirituelle
- feminine singular of spirituel
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
spirituelle
- definite singular and plural of spirituell
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
spirituelle
- definite singular and plural of spirituell
Swedish
Adjective
spirituelle
- definite natural masculine singular of spirituell