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bol.

bowl

3 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɔl/

  1. bowl

    masculine
    bol de porcelaine
    bol de lait

  2. luck

    colloquial · masculine
    Il a toujours du bol.
Where this word comes from

First attested in the 18th century. Borrowed from English bowl. For the semantic development of etymology 1 sense 2 compare pot (“jar; (colloquial) luck”). Possibly a doublet of boule.

noun/bɔl/

  1. bolus

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French bol, from Old French bol, borrowed from Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”).

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