The name Bellefeuille is made up of two French words "belle" and "feuille".
The word "belle" is the feminine adjective meaning "beautiful, lovely". It corresponds to the masculine adjective "beau" (pronounced "bo" in English).
The word "feuille" means a leaf, which can refer to that on a plant or a sheet of paper.
Thus, "bellefeuille" can mean "beautiful leaf" of a plant, or of a book.
The name Poiriau is the French word for "pear grower". The French word "poire" means "pear".
The noun "poire" like that of "feuille" are both feminine nouns, which require feminine adjectives like "belle" to describe them.
The French word "dit" which corresponds to the hyphen between Poiriau - Bellefeuille means "said" and is the past tense of the French verb "dire" which means "to say".
Thus, the name Poiriau-Bellefeuille translates to Pear Grower (said) Beautiful Leaf.
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