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5,394 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

boutonnière
noun, feminine
buttonhole; boutonniere
boutre
noun, masculine
dhow
boutroulle
noun, feminine
belly button
bouturage
noun, masculine
cutting, scion
bouture
noun, feminine
cutting
to stick (propagate plants by cuttings)
bouvet
noun, masculine
rabbet plane
bouvier
noun, masculine
drover (person who drives cattle over long distances); herdsman, cattleman (man who raises or tends cattle); cattle dog (type of dog used for droving cattle); plowman (man who plows land with a plough)
bouvillon
noun, masculine
bullock
bouvière
noun, feminine
female equivalent of bouvier (“cowherd”); bitterling (species of fish within the genus Rhodeus)
bouvreuil
noun, masculine
bullfinch
bouvreuil pivoine
noun, masculine
a Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
bouzouk
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of bouzouki
bouzouki
noun, masculine
bouzouki
bouée
noun, feminine
buoy (nautical: a moored float); rubber ring
bouée de sauvetage
noun, feminine
life-buoy, life belt, life preserver
to complain
bovarysme
noun, masculine
bovarysm
bovidé
noun, masculine
bovid
bovin
adjective
bovine
bovinely; sluggishly
bowling
noun, masculine
bowling; bowling alley
box
noun, feminine
Electronic equipment used for internet access (component of the digital subscriber line technology)
box
noun, masculine
stall (for a horse), loose box; compartment, cubicle; garage, lock-up (for a car)
box-calf
noun, masculine
box calf
box-office
noun, masculine
box office
boxe
noun, feminine
boxing
boxe anglaise
noun, feminine
boxing (sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso)
boxer
noun, masculine
boxer (dog)
boxer
verb
to box (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)
boxer
noun, masculine
boxer shorts; boxer engine
boxeur
noun, masculine
boxer (participant in boxing)
boxon
noun, masculine
whorehouse
boy
noun, masculine
boy (non-white male servant)
boyard
noun, masculine
boyar
boyasse
noun, feminine
belly
boyau
noun, masculine
gut, intestine (of an animal, or, informally of a human); catgut, gut; communication trench, boyau; hose, e.g. a firehose
boycott
noun, masculine
boycott
boycottage
noun, masculine
boycott
to boycott
boycotteur
noun, masculine
boycotter
boète
noun, feminine
box
boësse
noun, feminine
deburring tool; a tool to remove excess metal
To deburr, or remove excess, metal using a deburring tool
boëtte
noun, feminine
bait used for fishing at sea; group of very young fish
boîte
noun, feminine
box (a container); tin, can; ellipsis of boîte de nuit (“club, nightclub”); company, employer
boîte CVT
noun, feminine
boîte de vitesses à variation continue — continuously variable transmission
boîte automatique
noun, feminine
boîte de vitesses automatique — automatic transmission
boîte aux lettres
noun, feminine
mailbox, letterbox (box or slot into which a courier or postal worker puts letters for a recipient to collect); mailbox, letterbox (box in which post can be left by a sender to be picked up by a courier or postman)
boîte crânienne
noun, feminine
cranium, neurocranium, braincase
boîte d'allumettes
noun, feminine
matchbox
boîte d'envoi
noun, feminine
outbox
boîte de Pandore
noun, feminine
Pandora's box (source of unforeseen trouble)
boîte de Pétri
noun, feminine
Petri dish
boîte de conserve
noun, feminine
can, tin (of food)
boîte de dépôt
noun, feminine
dropbox
boîte de nuit
noun, feminine
nightclub
boîte de réception
noun, feminine
inbox
boîte de vitesses
noun, feminine
gearbox
automatic transmission