"boule" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /buːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boule.wav Forms: boules [plural]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰel-|id=blow}}, {{bor|en|fr|boule}} French boule, {{doublet|en|bull|bulla|pos1=etymologies 2 and 4}} Doublet of bull (etymologies 2 and 4) and bulla, {{doublet|en|bowl|pulla|notext=1}} bowl and pulla Head templates: {{en-noun}} boule (plural boules)
  1. One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
    Sense id: en-boule-en-noun-EjFIsRMD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 6 2 17 21 15 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 4 2 11 11 2 2 9 9 18 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 17 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 27 25 12 6 23 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 27 25 12 5 23 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 27 28 6 6 26 7
  2. A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
    Sense id: en-boule-en-noun-Cj1Vo-A5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 6 2 17 21 15 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 4 2 11 11 2 2 9 9 18 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 17 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 27 25 12 6 23 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 27 25 12 5 23 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 27 28 6 6 26 7
  3. A round loaf of bread. Translations (A round loaf of bread): un pa [masculine] (Catalan), fogassa [feminine] (Catalan), کوماج (kumâj) (Persian), bola [feminine] (Spanish), pan bola [masculine] (Spanish), bolla [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-boule-en-noun-NLaH~1ld Categories (other): Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 27 25 12 6 23 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 27 25 12 5 23 7 Disambiguation of 'A round loaf of bread': 1 2 91 6 1
  4. A round piece of dough. Translations (A round piece of dough): bolla [feminine] (Catalan), bola [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-boule-en-noun-Q7TeOcdR Disambiguation of 'A round piece of dough': 1 1 8 89 1
  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. Categories (topical): Woodworking
    Sense id: en-boule-en-noun-SAZ3Mq2t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 6 2 17 21 15 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 27 25 12 6 23 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 27 25 12 5 23 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 27 28 6 6 26 7 Topics: arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /buːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boule.wav Forms: boules [plural]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: Alteration of Boulle. See buhl. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} boule (usually uncountable, plural boules)
  1. (woodworking) Alternative form of buhl Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: buhl Categories (topical): Woodworking
    Sense id: en-boule-en-noun-gBeBIlbb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 6 2 17 21 15 7 Topics: arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /buːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boule.wav Forms: boules [plural]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek βουλή (boulḗ). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|βουλή}} Ancient Greek βουλή (boulḗ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} boule (plural boules)
  1. (historical) A council of citizens in Ancient Greece Tags: historical Related terms: bouleuterion, bouleutes Translations (Translations): bulè [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-boule-en-noun-OVHEssBI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 6 2 17 21 15 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 16 5 4 13 15 27 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 4 2 11 11 2 2 9 9 18 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 17 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 16 4 3 14 19 24 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /buːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boule.wav Forms: boules [present, singular, third-person], bouling [participle, present], bouled [participle, past], bouled [past]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰel-|id=blow}}, {{bor|en|fr|boule}} French boule, {{doublet|en|bull|bulla|pos1=etymologies 2 and 4}} Doublet of bull (etymologies 2 and 4) and bulla, {{doublet|en|bowl|pulla|notext=1}} bowl and pulla Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: nonstandard, rare, transitive Categories (topical): Cooking Translations (Shape a piece of dough into a ball): bolear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-boule-en-verb-Cq72VaSr Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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