boulette

See also: Boulette

French

Etymology

From boule +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.lɛt/

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Noun

boulette f (plural boulettes)

1. small ball
2. meatball

Related terms

• boule
• boulet

Further reading

• “boulette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle French

Alternative forms

• boullette

Noun

boulette f (plural boulettes)

1. mass; lump (of a substance)

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “boulette”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.