boîte
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/
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audio (Quebec, Gaspésie): (file)
Noun
boîte f (plural boîtes)
- box (the container)
- tin, can
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of boîte de nuit.: club, nightclub
- Synonym: discothèque
- (informal) company, employer
- Synonym: entreprise
Derived terms
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Related terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: bwat
- Mauritian Creole: bwat
- Seychellois Creole: bwat
- → Portuguese: boate
- → Spanish: boîte
See also
- caisson m
Further reading
- “boîte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
boîte f (plural boîtes)
Synonyms
- antro m
- club nocturno m
References
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