Maeterlinck

American  

[mey-ter-lingk, ma-ter-lan, mah-ter-lingk] / ˈmeɪ tərˌlɪŋk, ma tɛrˈlɛ̃, ˈmɑ tɛrˌlɪŋk /

noun

1. Comte Maurice 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1911.

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Maeterlinck British  

/ ˈmeɪtəˌlɪŋk, mɛtɛrlɛ̃k /

noun

1. Comte Maurice (mɔris). 1862–1949, Belgian poet and dramatist, noted particularly for his symbolist plays, such as Pelléas et Mélisande (1892), which served as the basis for an opera by Debussy, and L'Oiseau bleu (1909). Nobel prize for literature 1911

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Other Word Forms

• Maeterlinckian adjective