Luxembourgish

Noun

Botte f ‎(plural Botten)

1. bunch, bundle
2. bale (of hay)

French

Noun

botte f ‎(plural bottes)

1. boot (footwear)
2. something resembling a boot

   la botte italienne‎ ― the Italian boot

   une botte à bière‎ ― a boot-shaped beer glass

3. (figuratively) oppression

   Les Juifs ont grandement souffert sous la botte du régime nazi.‎

   The Jews suffered greatly under the oppression of the Nazi regime.

4. (polytechnic jargon) the top of the class in polytechnic school

Related terms

• botter ‎(“to boot”)
• bottier ‎(“bootmaker”)
• botterie ‎(“boot shop”)

Verb

botte

1. first-person singular present indicative of botter
2. third-person singular present indicative of botter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of botter
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of botter
5. second-person singular imperative of botter

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Middle Dutch bote ‎(“bundle of flax; tuft”), akin to Middle Low German bōte ‎(“bundle of flax”).

Noun

botte f ‎(plural bottes)

1. bunch, bundle (of flowers, vegetables)
2. bundle, sheaf (of grain)
3. bale (bundle of compressed wool or hay)
4. (by extension) fodder or feed for small livestock
5. a bundle of skeins
6. bunch (large amount of something)
7. (informal) sex, proposed to a woman by a man

   Je lui ai proposé la botte. En vain !‎

   I offered to have sex with her. No luck!

8. bale (measurement of hay weighing 30-50 kg)

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Italian botta from the verb bottare, itself from French bouter.

Noun

botte f ‎(plural bottes)

1. (fencing) thrust

Etymology 4

Probably borrowed from Old Provençal bota, from Latin buttis ‎(“bottle”).

Noun

botte f ‎(plural bottes)

1. (nautical) ton, register ton (unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet)
2. large barrel, cask
3. (historical) a former unit of measure: about 500 kilograms; about 230 pounds
4. (historical) a former unit of measure, varying with time and place: about 190 to 520 litres; about 50 to 140 US gallons

Italian

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔt.te/

Noun

botte f

1. plural of botta

Etymology

From Late Latin buttis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbot.te/

Noun

botte f ‎(plural botti)

1. barrel
2. cask

Norman

Etymology

Old French bote.

Noun

botte f ‎(plural bottes)

1. (Jersey) boot

Derived terms

• botte à cliou ‎(“hobnail boot”)
• botter ‎(“to boot”)
• hautes bottes ‎(“Wellington boots”)