boule
Meaning
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- ball, globe
- bowl (in the game of bowls)
- scoop (of e.g. ice cream)
- bauble
- (informal) head or face
- (slang) ball, testicle
- (slang) tit, breast
Concepts
spherical object
ball-shaped
musket ball
excrement ball
“boule”
Lucille Ball
baseball game
Synonyms
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bul/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French boule, from Old French bole (“knob”), from either Latin bulla (“bubble”), in which case it is a doublet of bulle (which was borrowed later), or from Frankish *bollā (“ball, bun, bowl, cup”), in which case it is a doublet of bol.
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