boîte
French, noun
boîte is spelled B-O-Î-T-E (5 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written French, the 1,660th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boîte is a French feminine noun meaning “box (a container)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, boite is a different word: “post-1990 spelling of boîte”. With an accent, boité is a different word: “past participle of boiter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Objet rigide et creux ayant la capacité de se fermer et qui a vocation à accueillir quelque chose”.
What does boîte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebox (a container)
- 2
femininetin, can
- 3
colloquialfeminineellipsis of boîte de nuit (“club, nightclub”)
- 4
colloquialfemininecompany, employer
noun
- 1
femininepost-1990 spelling of boîte
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of boiter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objet rigide et creux ayant la capacité de se fermer et qui a vocation à accueillir quelque chose. 2. Boîte de conserve. 3. Lieu de travail ; entreprise. 4. Boîte de nuit ; discothèque ; cabaret.
noun: 1. Variante rare de boette (appât pour le poisson).
noun: 1. Degré auquel le vin devient bon à boire. 2. Boisson faite avec du marc, des fruits, et du sucre.
noun: 1. Variante de boîte.
noun: 1. Appât pour la morue.
adjective: 1. Mis en boîte.
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 boîte
- boîtes plural
- boite alternative
- boites plural
- boitée feminine
- boités masculine plural
- boitées feminine plural
- boiste archaic
- boète obsolete
- boëte
- boîtés plural masculine
- boîtée singular feminine
- boîtées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to boîte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boîte in French?
boîte appears 50 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).