boîte
Americannoun
-
boîtes
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
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 buxus box 3
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The Ravenna venue is especially exciting because it promises to revive the spirit of Tula’s, the beloved Belltown boîte that closed two years ago.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2021
Around the corner is Wedge Studios, with artist workspaces and a hip boîte, and District, which traffics in hard-to-find biodynamic wines.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2019
In “Stairway,” Henri’s performance at a humble boîte melts into a sparkling top-hat-and-tails fantasy, but with the hysterical undertow of a nervous breakdown.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2015
We ended up wandering London from one atmospheric boîte to the next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2015
She leaned her arms carelessly on the table, and managed to glance into the lid of the boîte de beauté which he had given her.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Robert Smythe Hichens
Now, they’re at the boîtes that buzz under the dim light of Edison bulbs, serve cocktails in glasses shaped like bugs and offer endless helpings of foie gras and uni and cacio e pepe.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2017
Down the block there was a hipster boxing club, sleek boîtes and boutiques.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 12, 2016
Its décor pulls from abandoned churches and 70s disco boîtes, pairing stained glass windows and wooden crosses with metallic wallpaper and laser-cut archways.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2016
In a neighborhood now awash in tony boîtes and boutiques, Frank and Leaf are remnants of vanished bohemian New York.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2015
The France of sunny sidewalk cafés and smoky boîtes is now, also, the France of 536 Wimpy hamburger mills, dizzy discothéques and monumental traffic jams.
From Time Magazine Archive
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
