botte

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔtə/ Hyphenation: bot‧te Rhymes: -ɔtə === Adjective === botte inflection of bot: indefinite plural definite == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔt/ Rhymes: -ɔt Homophones: bot, bote, botes, bots, bottes === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French bote, from Frankish *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz. See English boot. ==== Noun ==== botte f (plural bottes) boot (footwear) something resembling a boot la botte italienne ― the Italian boot une botte à bière ― a boot-shaped beer glass (figuratively) oppression Les Juifs ont grandement souffert sous la botte du régime nazi. ― The Jews suffered greatly under the oppression of the Nazi regime. (polytechnic jargon) the top of the class in polytechnic school ===== Derived terms ===== bien dans ses bottes botte secrète chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin en avoir plein les bottes lécher les bottes ===== Related terms ===== ==== Verb ==== botte inflection of botter: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Middle Dutch bote (“bundle of flax; tuft”), akin to Middle Low German bōte (“bundle of flax”). ==== Noun ==== botte f (plural bottes) bunch, bundle (of flowers, vegetables) bundle, sheaf (of grain) bale (bundle of compressed wool or hay) (by extension) fodder or feed for small livestock a bundle of skeins bunch (large amount of something) (informal) sex, proposed to a woman by a man Je lui ai proposé la botte. En vain ! ― I offered to have sex with her. No luck! bale (measurement of hay weighing 30-50 kg) ===== Derived terms ===== botteler === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Italian botta from the verb bottare, itself a borrowing from French bouter. ==== Noun ==== botte f (plural bottes) (fencing) thrust ===== Derived terms ===== proposer la botte === Etymology 4 === Probably borrowed from Old Occitan bota, from Latin buttis (“bottle”). ==== Noun ==== botte f (plural bottes) (nautical) ton, register ton (unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet) large barrel, cask (historical) a former unit of measure: about 230 kilograms; about 500 pounds (historical) a former unit of measure, varying with time and place: about 190 to 520 litres; about 50 to 140 US gallons === Further reading === “botte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology 1 === From Late Latin buttis probably of Ancient Greek origin. Cognate with Sicilian vutti. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbot.te/ Rhymes: -otte Hyphenation: bót‧te ==== Noun ==== botte f (plural botti, diminutive botticèlla or (archaic) botticèllo m or botticìna or (less common) botticìno m) barrel Synonyms: barile, fusto, tinozza cask === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbɔt.te/ Rhymes: -ɔtte Hyphenation: bòt‧te ==== Noun ==== botte f plural of botta == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French bote, from Frankish *butt. === Noun === botte f (plural bottes) (Jersey) boot ==== Derived terms ====