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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

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I am going to open a nice bottle of wine for dinner.

' .

There is a bottle of water in the fridge.

Cette , - ?

This bottle is empty, can you bring another one?

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My father keeps an old bottle for special occasions.

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He drank the whole bottle in a single evening.

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This word is part of lesson 23.