French Dictionary

1 boire Verb, transitive

(a) to drink water, a drink; offrir à ~ à qn to offer sb a drink; faire ~ un enfant to give a child something to drink; ~ un verre, (Infml) ~ un coup to have a drink (neutral); (Infml) ~ un petit coup to have a quick one (slightly Slang), have a quick drink; avoir à ~ to have enough to drink; (Infml) ~ comme un trou to drink like a fish; ~ sans soif, ~ sec to drink heavily; ~ à la santé/au succès/au bonheur de qn to drink to sb's health/success/happiness; est-ce qu'il a bu? has he been drinking?; il a trop bu he's had too much to drink; je n'ai pas trop bu I haven't had too much to drink, I'm quite sober

(b) (of paper) to soak up, absorb ink

(c) (fig) to drink away savings

Present: je bois, tu bois, il/elle boit, nous buvons, vous buvez, ils/elles boivent
Imperfect: je buvais, tu buvais, il/elle buvait, nous buvions, vous buviez, ils/elles buvaient
Future: je boirai, tu boiras, il/elle boira, nous boirons, vous boirez, ils/elles boiront
Perfect: j' ai bu, tu as bu, il/elle a bu, nous avons bu, vous avez bu, ils/elles ont bu
Present subjunctive: je boive, tu boives, il/elle boive, nous buvions, vous buviez, ils/elles boivent

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2 se boire Verb, pronominal Pronounce

(a) ce vin se boit chambré this wine should be drunk at room temperature; ce vin se boit bien this wine is very drinkable, this wine goes down well

(b) (Infml) se ~ un verre to have a have a drink (neutral); on se boit une bierre? fancy a beer?

3 boire Noun, masculine

(a) le ~ et le manger food and drink; (fig) en perdre le ~ et le manger to lose sleep over it

French-English translation of boire