boîte

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See also: boite, Boite, and boité

French

Alternative forms

  • boite (1990 reform spelling)

Etymology

From Old French boiste, from Vulgar Latin *buxita, from Late Latin buxis, from a conflation of Latin pyxis (small box) and buxus (box tree).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bwat/
  • audio (France):(file)
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Quebec" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /bwɛːt/
  • audio (Quebec, Montreal):(file)
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Quebec" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [bwaɛ̯t]
  • audio (Quebec, Gaspésie):(file)

Noun

boîte f (plural boîtes)

  1. box (the container)
  2. tin, can
  3. (colloquial) Ellipsis of boîte de nuit.: club, nightclub
    Synonym: discothèque
  4. (informal) company, employer
    Synonym: entreprise

Derived terms

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "boîte" is not valid. See WT:LOL. terms starting with “boîte”

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: bwat
  • Mauritian Creole: bwat
  • Seychellois Creole: bwat
  • Portuguese: boate
  • Spanish: boîte

See also

Further reading

Anagrams


Spanish

Etymology

From French boîte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbwad/ [ˈbwað̞]

Noun

boîte f (plural boîtes)

  1. nightclub

Synonyms

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