bouteille
French, noun/bu.tɛj/
bouteille is spelled B-O-U-T-E-I-L-L-E (9 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 3,067th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouteille is a French feminine noun meaning “bottle (container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Récipient à goulot étroit, destiné à contenir un liquide; le plus souvent fait de verre ou de plastique…”.
What does bouteille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebottle (container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids)
boire à la bouteille
- 2
femininealcohol
aimer la bouteille
- 3
feminineexperience
avoir de la bouteille
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Récipient à goulot étroit, destiné à contenir un liquide; le plus souvent fait de verre ou de plastique translucide. 2. Contenu d’une bouteille au sens premier. 3. Récipient rigide servant à stocker un gaz sous pression. 4. Couleur vert sombre, habituellement celle du verre d’une bouteille (sens 1). #096A09
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 bouteille
- bouteilles plural
- teille
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouteille?
- /bu.tɛj/
- \bu.tɛj\
- [bu.tɛj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bouteille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bouteille in French?
bouteille appears 26 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).