boulette
French, noun/bu.lɛt/
boulette is spelled B-O-U-L-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boulette is a French feminine noun meaning “small ball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite boule de cire, de papier, de mie de pain, etc”.
What does boulette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmall ball
- 2
femininemeatball
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite boule de cire, de papier, de mie de pain, etc. 2. Boulette de haschich. 3. Petite boule de pâte ou de chair hachée. 4. Bévue, sottise, bourde.
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 boulette
- boulettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boulette?
- /bu.lɛt/
- \bu.lɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boulette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boulette in French?
boulette appears 1.4 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).