boëtte

See also: boette, boetté, and boëtté

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton boued, from Middle Breton boet, from Old Breton boit-ol-ion, from Proto-Brythonic *buɨd, from Proto-Celtic *beitom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bwɛt/
• Hyphenation: boëtte

Noun

boëtte f (plural boëttes)

1. (fishing) bait used for fishing at sea

   Synonym: appât

2. (ichthyology, zoology) group of very young fish

Further reading

• “boëtte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.