different between boule vs oule

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?l/

Etymology 1

From French boule. Doublet of bull and bulla.

Noun

boule (plural boules)

1. One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
2. A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
3. A round loaf of bread.
4. A round piece of dough.
5. (woodworking) A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.

Translations

Verb

boule (third-person singular simple present boules, present participle bouling, simple past and past participle bouled)

1. (transitive, cooking, rare, nonstandard) To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball.

Translations

Etymology 2

Alteration of Boulle. See buhl.

Noun

boule (usually uncountable, plural boules)

1. (woodworking) Alternative form of buhl

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (boul?).

Noun

boule (plural boules)

1. (historical) A council of citizens in Ancient Greece

Related terms

• bouleuterion
• bouleutes

Translations

Anagrams

• Lobue

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bou?l?]
• Rhymes: -oul?

Noun

boule f

1. bulge, protuberance
2. bump, swelling

Further reading

• boule in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• boule in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French boule, from Old French bole (“knob”), from either Latin bulla (“bubble”), in which case it is a doublet of bulle (which was borrowed later), or from Frankish *boll? (“ball, bun, bowl, cup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bul/

Noun

boule f (plural boules)

1. ball, globe
2. bowl (in the game of bowls)

3. scoop (of e.g. ice cream)

4. bauble
5. (informal) head or face
6. (France, slang) ball, testicle
7. (Quebec, slang) tit, breast

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: boule

Noun

boule m (plural boules)

1. (slang) butt, bum, ass

Etymology 2

Verb

boule

1. first-person singular present indicative of bouler
2. third-person singular present indicative of bouler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of bouler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of bouler
5. second-person singular imperative of bouler

Further reading

• “boule” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French brûler (“to burn”)

Verb

boule

1. to burn

Derived terms

• n'ap boule

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

boule f (plural boules)

1. (Jersey, nautical) buoy

Derived terms

• boule d'sauvetage (“life belt”)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bo.ule]

Noun

boule m

1. vocative singular of bou

English

Noun

oule (plural oules)

1. Obsolete spelling of owl

Anagrams

• loue

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan ola (“marmite”).

Noun

oule f (plural oules)

1. cauldron, handleless earthen pot, marmite
2. (geography) pothole, water cavity
3. (geography, by extension) watercourse that contains such a pothole
4. (by extension) town or village located near such a fluvial feature

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• ule

Etymology

From French vouloir.

Verb

oule auxiliary

1. To want (to do something)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• owle, ule, howle, owlle, oul

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ?le, from Proto-Germanic *uwwal?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?l(?)/

Noun

oule (plural oules)

1. owl (the order Strigiformes).
2. (derogatory) An insult, especially applied to the Devil.
3. (heraldry, rare) An owl on a blazon.

Descendants

• English: owl
• Scots: oul, ool

References

• “?ule, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-4.