boule à thé
French, noun/bu.l‿a te/
boule à thé is spelled B-O-U-L-E-À-T-H-É (9 letters). Boule à thé is a French feminine noun meaning “tea ball, tea strainer, tea infuser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Infuseur en forme de boule dans le lequel on place les feuilles de thé”.
What does boule à thé mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetea ball, tea strainer, tea infuser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Infuseur en forme de boule dans le lequel on place les feuilles de thé.
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 boule à thé
- boules à thé plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boule à thé?
- /bu.l‿a te/
- \bu.l‿a te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.