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[bel ey-pawk] . French. | the period (1871–1914) between the end of the Franco-Prussian War and the outbreak of World War I, characterized by relative peacefulness in Western Europe and by marked advances and productivity in the arts, literature, technology, etc. |
| belle é·poque (ā-pŭk') n. An era of artistic and cultural refinement in a society, especially in France at the beginning of the 20th century. [French : belle, beautiful + époque, era.] |