Definition of Jeune fille

1. Noun. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.

Exact synonyms: Lass, Lassie, Young Girl
Specialized synonyms: Bobby-socker, Bobbysoxer, Lolita
Generic synonyms: Fille, Girl, Miss, Missy, Young Lady, Young Woman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jeune Fille

jettisonable
jettisoned
jettisoning
jettisons
jetton
jettons
jetty
jettying
jetwash
jetway
jetways
jeu
jeu d'esprit
jeu de paume
jeune
jeune fille (current term)
jeunesse dorée
jeux
jew
jew's-ear
jew's-harp
jew's harp
jew-fish
jewbush
jewed
jewel
jewel-neck
jewel-weed
jewel-weeds
jewel bearing

Literary usage of Jeune fille

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. De L'Allemagne by Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) (1845)
"Le jeune homme conjure la jeune fille de se donner à lui. ... A l'heure de minuit, qu'on appelle l'heure des spectres, la jeune fille semble plus à l'aise ..."

2. Americans by Stuart Pratt Sherman (1922)
"MENCKEN, THE jeune fille, AND THE»'SW SPIRIT IN LETTERS A woman whose husband has made money In the war likes to have her portrait painted and her friends ..."

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