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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French boiste, from Vulgar Latin *buxita, from Late Latin buxis, from a conflation of Latin pyxis (“small box”) and buxus (“box tree”). Doublet of box.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bwat/ ~ /bwɑt/
- IPA(key): /bwɛːt/ (Canada, colloquial or dated)
Noun
boîte f (plural boîtes)
- box (the container)
- tin, can
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of boîte de nuit.: club, nightclub
- Synonym: discothèque
- (informal) company, employer
- Synonym: entreprise
Derived terms
Pages starting with “boîte”.
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Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French boîte.
Pronunciation
Noun
boîte f (plural boîtes)
- nightclub
- Synonyms: antro, club nocturno
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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