bolete
/boʊˈlit/noun
bolete is a noun meaning “A type of fruiting body produced by certain fungus species in the order Boletales, especially those of genus Boletus, many of which are prized for…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-O-L-E-T-E, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of bolete is boletes.
What does bolete mean?
noun
- 1
A type of fruiting body produced by certain fungus species in the order Boletales, especially those of genus Boletus, many of which are prized for their flavour; any species of said order that produces such a fruiting body.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce bolete?
- /boʊˈlit/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bolete.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bolete
- boletes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is bolete?
Bolete appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Bolete in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of mushroom:
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Where does bolete come from?
Borrowed from Latin bōlētus (“edible mushroom”), from Ancient Greek βωλίτης (bōlítēs).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).