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boursicaut
noun, masculine
small coin purse
boursicotage
noun, masculine
dabbling on the stock exchange
to set money aside; to dabble on the stock market
boursicoteur
noun, masculine
One who dabbles in the stock market
boursicotier
noun, masculine
dabbler on the stock exchange
boursier
noun, masculine
grantee, scholarship beneficiary, recipient of a bursary; stockbroker; pursemaker
boursier
adjective
stock (relating to the financial markets)
post-1990 spelling of boursoufler
boursouflage
noun, masculine
swelling; bloating
boursouflement
noun, masculine
swelling; blistering
to swell, inflate; to become swollen or bloated; to blister
boursouflure
noun, feminine
swelling; blister; pomposity
boursouflé
adjective
blistered; puffy, bloated
bousard
noun, masculine
deer droppings
bousculade
noun, feminine
bustle, crush; stampede
to shove, to bump into, to jostle
bouse
noun, feminine
cowpat; water-bouget
bouseux
noun, masculine
yokel, hick
bousier
noun, masculine
dung beetle
bousillage
noun, masculine
bousillage; bungling; botching; wrecking
to wreck, smash up; to botch, screw up; to kill; to do work in bousillage
bousilleur
noun, masculine
smasher; wrecker
bousin
noun, masculine
the 'soft crust' a stone has when it is taken out of a quarry
boussole
noun, feminine
compass (navigational tool)
boustifaille
noun, feminine
grub; nosh (especially copious food)
To chow down; to pig out
boustrophedonic (written as a boustrophedon, such that the text directionality alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines)
boustrophédon
noun, masculine
boustrophedon (text written such that its direction alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines; frequently also involving the corresponding alternation of letter directionality using mirrored letters, indicating the direction of the text at any given point)
bout
noun, masculine
end, extremity, tip (of a physical object); bit, piece, scrap; rope; end
bout chaud
noun, masculine
hot end
bout de chou
noun, masculine
sweet little thing, little one, little tot
bout du monde
noun, feminine
the ends of the earth (an extremely remote place); the maximum possible; an insurmountable challenge or obstacle
bout froid
noun, masculine
cold end
end to end
boutade
noun, feminine
caprice, whim; quip, joke
boutant
adjective
abutting
boutargue
noun, feminine
bottarga
boute-en-train
noun, masculine
a teaser, a gomer; a funny person, a jolly fellow
boutefeu
noun, masculine
linstock (stick for lighting cannon); gunner; fire-starter, arsonist; incendiary, firebrand; blaster, shotfirer (person in charge of detonating explosives)
bouteille
noun, feminine
bottle (container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids); alcohol; experience
bouteille de Klein
noun, feminine
Klein bottle
bouteille de gaz
noun, feminine
gas cylinder
bouteille à l'encre
noun, feminine
quagmire, mare's nest, muddle
bouteille à la mer
noun, feminine
message in a bottle; desperate cry for help, SOS; hopeless attempt, last-ditch attempt
bouter
verb
to push; to remove flesh from the skin of an animal; to pin, to nail
bouterolle
noun, feminine
a boterol: chape, a crampet (on a scabbard); a representation of this in heraldry; snap-head, tool placed on the shank of a rivet and struck to form and bend the rivet
boutiquaire
adjective
shopping
boutique
noun, feminine
shop; boutique
boutiquier
noun, masculine
shopkeeper, storekeeper
boutoir
noun, masculine
snout
bouton
noun, masculine
button; bud; pimple, spot, zit
bouton d'or
noun, masculine
buttercup
bouton de fièvre
noun, masculine
cold sore
bouton de manchette
noun, masculine
cufflink (button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together)
bouton-d'or
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of bouton d'or
bouton-poussoir
noun, masculine
push-button
bouton-pression
noun, masculine
snap fastener, snap button
boutonnage
noun, masculine
buttoning up; a group of buttons on clothing
to button (to fasten with a button)
boutonneux
adjective
spotty; pimpled