boue

From Middle English buie, from Middle Dutch boeye, of Germanic origin, from Old Dutch *bōcan, from Frankish *baukn (“symbol, sign”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.e/

boue m (plural boueoù)

1. buoy

Borrowed from Gaulish *bawā.^[1][2][3]

• IPA^(key): /bu/

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• Rhymes: -u
• Homophones: bou, boues, bous, bout, bouts

boue f (plural boues)

1. mud; dirt

• boue rouge
• coulée de boue
• embouer
• ébouer
• traîner dans la boue

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

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boue f (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) rock