la
feminine
/bu.tɛj/
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Translation
bottle
Word origin
From Late Latin butticula, a diminutive of buttis ('cask, barrel'). The same root gave English 'bottle' and 'butt' (a cask).
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- butticula
- English cognates
- bottle, butt
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralbouteilles
Examples
bonne .
I am going to open a nice bottle of wine for dinner.
' frigo.
There is a bottle of water in the fridge.
, - ?
This bottle is empty, can you bring another one?
vieille .
My father keeps an old bottle for special occasions.
.
He drank the whole bottle in a single evening.
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