Feminine
boîte
Meaning
- (feminine) box (a container)
- (feminine) tin, can
- (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of boîte de nuit (“club, nightclub”)
- (colloquial, feminine) company, employer
Concepts
tobacco box
mail box
pillar-box
tin of food
CAAT box
grid box
ABA transit number
BIN
bank identification number
Synonyms
boite de conserve
boïte
boite de nuit
Bin
entreprise difficile
dancing
organisation de l’entreprise
Translations
caja
scatola
doos
Schachtel
caixa
caixa
kutu
κουτίFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bwat/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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