boîte
noun
a nightclub; cabaret.
boîtes
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pluralof boîte.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
By the end of the show’s first half, which takes place in mostly in bars and boîtes in 1920s Paris, those sounds will be clinging to your mind like cigar smoke.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2010
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
