bouette
French, noun/bwɛt/
bouette is spelled B-O-U-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouette is a French feminine noun meaning “mud” (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 bouette mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Appât (pour hameçon, pour casier ou pour attirer le poisson autour des filets de pêche).
noun: 1. Boue.
noun: 1. Nourriture préparée avec des céréales bouillies, destinée aux animaux de la basse-cour, et aux porcs. 2. Nourriture peu appétissante.
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 bouette
- bouettes plural
- boëtte
- boette
- boitte
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouette?
- /bwɛt/
- \bwɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bouette in French?
bouette appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).