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boîte

[ bwaht; French bwat ]
/ bwɑt; French bwat /

noun, plural boîtes [bwahts; French bwat]. /bwɑts; French bwat/.

a nightclub; cabaret.

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Origin of boîte

<French: box; Old French boiste<Vulgar Latin *buxita, for Late Latin buxida, formation based on Latin pyxis box (see pyx), stem pyxid-, conflated with buxusbox3

Words nearby boîte

bois de vache, Boise, boiserie, Bois-le-Duc, boisterous, boîte, boîte de nuit, Boito, Bojardo, Bojer, Bok
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Example sentences from the Web for boîte

  • You won't pass many inspections without having to send you to the Boite.

    Trooper 3809|Lionel Decle

  • The boite ordinaire that grows away there in the plain, is called Gamay.

    Burgundy: The Splendid Duchy|Percy Allen

  • First thing whin they gits howld av a greeny the bhise throis to make him boite that same.

    Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson Seton

  • The other man went on smoking and staring at the boite de surprises as if he were alone.

    In the Wilderness|Robert Hichens