bruits de bottes
French, noun/bʁɥi d(ə) bɔt/
bruits de bottes is spelled B-R-U-I-T-S-D-E-B-O-T-T-E-S (14 letters). Bruits de bottes is a French masculine noun meaning “signs that a war is brewing, threat of impending war; signs that authoritarianism is on the rise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouvements militaires laissant augurer l’imminence d’un conflit”.
What does bruits de bottes mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesigns that a war is brewing, threat of impending war; signs that authoritarianism is on the rise
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouvements militaires laissant augurer l’imminence d’un conflit.
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.
How do you pronounce bruits de bottes?
- /bʁɥi d(ə) bɔt/
- \bʁɥi də bɔt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.