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The French word for box is
boîte





box

Plural

The plural of boîte is boîtes.

French Definition


box
     1. n. Boîte, caisse.
           a box of books
     2. n. Loge (de théâtre).
     3. n. Cabane.
     4. n. Case (d'un formulaire).
     5. v. Emboiter, emballer.
     6. v. (POO) Convertir un type primitif en un objet. (équivalent manquant)
     7. n. Buis, bois du buis.
     8. n. Coup de poing.
     9. n. (Sport) Boxe.
     10. v. Boxer, frapper.

Translations for box and their definitions

boxer ©
     1. n-m. boxer (dog)
     2. n-m. boxer shorts, boxers
     3. n-m. boxer (engine)
     4. v. to box (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)


boîte
     1. n-f. box (the container)
     2. n-f. tin, can
     3. n-f. (colloquial) ellipsis of boîte de nuit: club, nightclub
     4. n-f. (informal) company, employer


caisse
     1. n-f. box, crate
     2. n-f. cash register
     3. n-f. checkout (in a supermarket)
     4. n-f. fund
     5. n-f. bank (establishment managing such funds)
     6. n-f. (colloquial) car
     7. n-f. (vulgar) fart
     8. n-f. body (of a car)


coup de poing ©
     1. n-m. punch (a hit with the fist)
     2. n-m. (relational) lightning, ad hoc, shock
     3. n-m. knuckleduster, brass knuckles


loge
     1. n-f. (freemasonry) lodge
     2. n-f. (theater) box, loge
     3. n-f. (theater, television) dressing room (a room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup)
     4. n-f. (obsolete) hut
     5. v. first-person singular present of loger
     6. v. third-person singular present of loger
     7. v. second-person singular imperative of loger


coquille
     1. n-f. shell
     2. n-f. (shell-shaped) dish; scallop
     3. n-f. typo, misprint
     4. n-f. (sports) jockstrap, athletic protector; groin guard, box, cup (protection for the male genitals)
     5. n-f. (medicine) vacuum mattress (for spinal immobilization)
     6. n-f. (medicine) egg crate mattress (for prevention of bedsores)



guérite ©
     1. n-f. (military) sentry-box
     2. n-f. worker's hut



emboîter
     1. v. to embed, encapsulate
           Les poupées russes sont emboitées les unes dans les autres. - Matryoshka dolls are embedded in one another.
     2. v. to fit, fit together
     3. v. to box, to place in a box


téloche
     1. n-f. (slang) television; telly, box


encadré
     1. Participle. past participle of encadrer


boîtier
     1. n-m. Alternative form of boitier


buis ©
     1. n-m. box (tree)
     2. n-m. boxwood


case ©
     1. n-f. box (on form)
     2. n-f. square (on board game)


cacher
     1. v. to hide
           Où as-tu caché mon cadeau? - Where did you hide my gift?
     2. v. to hide (oneself)
           Personne ne savait qu'il était là, donc il a dû se cacher. - No one knew he was there, so he had to hide.
     3. adj. Alternative spelling of casher


mettre en boîte


Tour
     1. Proper noun. (by ellipsis) the Eiffel Tower
     2. Proper noun. (cycling, by ellipsis) the Tour de France
     3. n-f. tower
           La tour de Pise est penchée. - The Tower of Pisa is leaning.
     4. n-f. (chess) rook
     5. n-f. apartment building
     6. n-m. turn, circumference
     7. n-m. go, turn
     8. n-m. walk, stroll
     9. n-m. round, stage (of a competition)
     10. n-m. trick (e.g. magic trick, card trick)
     11. n-m. ride
     12. n-m. lathe
     13. n-m. potter’s wheel


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