le

masculine

/bɔl/

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Translation

bowl; luck (informal)

Word origin

Borrowed from English bowl in the seventeenth century, from Old English bolla ('rounded vessel'). The informal sense of luck comes from a much later slang use.

Origin: English
Root: bowl
English cognates: bowl

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralbols

Examples

tous .

I have a bowl of coffee every morning.

She pours the hot soup into the bowl.

The bowls are kept in the kitchen cupboard.

The cat drinks its milk from a little bowl.

, ' ?

Could you get two bowls out, please?

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This word is part of lesson 51.