Etymology

boule

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Today it means: One of the bowls used in the French game of boules. Full definition →

French boule
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boule · noun, verb1

  1. French · borrowed fromboule
  2. English todayboule

From French boule. Doublet of bull (etymologies 2 and 4) and bulla, or of bowl and pulla, depending on the etymology of the French word.

boule · noun2

Alteration of Boulle. See buhl.

boule · noun3

  1. Ancient Greekβούλομαι (boúlomai)
  2. Ancient Greekβουλή (boulḗ)
  3. English todayboule

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βουλή (boulḗ).

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