botte
Meanings
Noun
1. boot (footwear)
2. something resembling a boot
3. oppression (figuratively)
4. the top of the class in polytechnic school (polytechnic jargon)
5. bunch, bundle (of flowers, vegetables)
6. bundle, sheaf (of grain)
7. bale (bundle of compressed wool or hay)
8. fodder or feed for small livestock (by extension)
9. a bundle of skeins
10. bunch (large amount of something)
11. sex, proposed to a woman by a man (informal)
12. bale (measurement of hay weighing 30-50 kg)
13. thrust (fencing)
14. ton, register ton (unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet) (nautical)
15. large barrel, cask
16. a former unit of measure: about 230 kilograms; about 500 pounds (historical)
17. a former unit of measure, varying with time and place: about 190 to 520 litres; about 50 to 140 US gallons (historical)
Examples52
la botte italienne
the Italian boot
une botte à bière
a boot-shaped beer glass
Les Juifs ont grandement souffert sous la botte du régime nazi.
The Jews suffered greatly under the oppression of the Nazi regime.
Je lui ai proposé la botte. En vain !
I offered to have sex with her. No luck!
Ces bottes sont à Tom.
Those boots are Tom's.
J'ai mis des bottes.
I put boots on.