boëtte
French, noun/bwɛt/
boëtte is spelled B-O-Ë-T-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boëtte is a French feminine noun meaning “bait used for fishing at sea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appât pour hameçon, pour casier ou pour attirer le poisson autour des filets de pêche”.
What does boëtte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebait used for fishing at sea
- 2
femininegroup of very young fish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de boëtte.
noun: 1. Appât pour hameçon, pour casier ou pour attirer le poisson autour des filets de pêche.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of boëtte
- boëttes plural
- boettes plural
- boëte
- boette
- bouette
- boitte
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boëtte?
- /bwɛt/
- \bwɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is boëtte in French?
boëtte appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).