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boule.

ball, globe

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/bul/

  1. ball, globe

    feminine

  2. bowl (in the game of bowls)

    feminine
    Il jette la boule.

  3. scoop (for example, of ice cream)

    feminine
    2 boules de glace.

  4. bauble

    feminine

  5. head or face

    feminine · informal

  6. ball, testicle

    France · feminine · slang

  7. tit, breast

    Quebec · feminine · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bullader.? Frankish *bollāder.? Old French bole Middle French boule French boule Inherited from Middle French boule, from Old French bole (“knob”), from either Latin bulla (“bubble”), in which case it is a doublet of bulle (which was borrowed later); or from Frankish *bollā (“ball, bun, bowl, cup”), in which case it is a doublet of bol.

noun/bul/

  1. butt, bum, ass

    masculine · slang
    Cette meuf a un bon boule.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Romani bul (“ass, buttocks”).

verb/bul/

  1. inflection of bouler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of bouler: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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