boulet
French, noun/bu.lɛ/
boulet is spelled B-O-U-L-E-T (6 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boulet is a French masculine noun meaning “cannonball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Boule de pierre ou de métal fondu, de différentes grosseurs, dont on chargeait les canons”.
What does boulet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecannonball
- 2
masculineball and chain
- 3
masculinefetlock
- 4
masculineslanggoof, goofball
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Boule de pierre ou de métal fondu, de différentes grosseurs, dont on chargeait les canons. 2. Boule de métal que l’on attachait au pied des forçats. 3. Ce que l'on doit supporter. 4. Aggloméré de charbon de forme arrondie.
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 boulet
- boulets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boulet?
- /bu.lɛ/
- \bu.lɛ\
- [bu.le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boulet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boulet in French?
boulet appears 4.7 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).