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
Today, with about a dozen speakeasies, from dives to high-class boîtes, locals are warming to imported ideas about elaborate cocktail recipes and the charms of Prohibition-era misbehaving.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
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
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
