noun
Meaning 1
plural of boule
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
boules
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noun
Meaning 2
bowls; a game played with metal balls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
Etymology
In the sense of the game, a shortening of French jeu de boules.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: petanca — game played with metal balls
- Chinese Mandarin: 地滾球 /地滚球 (dìgǔnqiú) — game played with metal balls
- Esperanto: globludo — game played with metal balls
- Esperanto: petanko — game played with metal balls
- French: boules — game played with metal balls
- French: pétanque — game played with metal balls
- Italian: bocce — game played with metal balls
- Lao: ເປຕັງ (pē tang) — game played with metal balls
- Lao: ເປຕອງ (pē tǭng) — game played with metal balls
- Occitan: bòlas — game played with metal balls
- Occitan: petanca — game played with metal balls
- Portuguese: petanca — game played with metal balls
- Russian: пета́нк (petánk) — game played with metal balls
- Spanish: petanca — game played with metal balls
- Swedish: boule — game played with metal balls