boîte

Significat (anglès)

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

Gènere

♀️ Femení

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/bwat/

Etimologia (anglès)

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

Sents

Elles reçurent un échappement double sur une boîte à fumée plus longue .

They received a double exhaust on a longer smoke box.