étoile

[ ey-twal ]

noun

, French.

, plural é·toiles [ey-, twal].

1. a star or something shaped like a star.
2. prima ballerina.

Example Sentences

There will be five residential areas, each named after a well-known area of Paris: Abbesses, Bastille, Dauphine, Étoile, Fêtes.

From Seattle Times

A dainty clematis that blooms on new wood, such as ‘Etoile Violette’, trained through the limbs of the deciduous shrub, keeps the romance going on into summer.

From Seattle Times

To populate Toulon’s coastal waters with cannon-firing “tall ships,” Max used the Étoile du Roy.

From Los Angeles Times

More than 120 wine-producers bring their grapes to the biggest co-operative here, L'Etoile.

From BBC

He just got a part on the ballet-world series “Étoile,” coming to Amazon, by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Bunheads.”

From New York Times