boëtte

See also: boette, boetté, and boëtté

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton boued, from Middle Breton boet, from Old Breton boit-ol-ion, from Proto-Brythonic *buɨd, from Proto-Celtic *bētom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bwɛt/
Hyphenation: boëtte

Noun

boëtte f (plural boëttes)

(fishing) bait used for fishing at sea
Synonym: appât
(ichthyology, zoology) group of very young fish

Further reading

“boëtte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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