French Dictionary

French-English translation of boite

Did you mean one of the following: batée, batte, battée, battre, boîte, boiter, pâtée, pâtre, patte?
The form boite could be:
- from the present tense of the verb boiter
- (as boité) the past participle of the verb boiter
- from the subjunctive of the verb boiter

(a) box; can of drink, tin of sardines; ~ (en fer) tin; en ~ boxed; canned, tinned fruit, sardines; mettre en ~ to box; to can, tin; (Cinema) en ~ in the can; (Infml) mettre qn en ~ to pull sb's leg;

~ d'allumettes box of matches, (empty) matchbox; (Infml) ~ à bachot swotter, crammer; ~ à bijoux jewelry box; ~ de conserve tin, can; ~ du crâne cranium; ~ de dérivation junction box; ~ de l'embroyage clutch casing; ~ de l'essieu axle box; ~ à feu firebox; ~ à fusibles fuse box; ~ à gants glove compartment; ~ aux lettres, ~ à lettres (in street) letterbox, postbox, pillarbox; (personal) letterbox; (Comput) mailbox; ~ à malice secret toy box; ~ à musique musical box; ~ noire black box; ~ à ordures dustbin; ~ à outils toolbox; ~ à pain bread bin; ~ postale Post Office Box, PO box; (Music) ~ à rythmes drum machine; ~ de secours first-aid box; ~ à vapeur steam chest; ~ à violon violin case; ~ de vitesses gear box; ~ vocale voicemail, voice mail

(b) (Infml) mouth (neutral), trap; fermer sa ~ to shut one's trap (Slang), shut one's mouth (Infml)

(c) (Infml) place, firm (neutral); travailler dans une ~ d'informatique to work at a computer place

(d) ~ (de nuit) club, nightclub; (Infml) ~ homo gay club, gay bar; sortir en ~ to go clubbing

Terms from the DGT glossary

French term	English term
Utilisation de la boîte de vitesses	Use of the gearbox
Boîte de vitesses	Gearbox
Rapports de boîte	Internal gearbox
Boîte de vitesses adaptée	Modified transmission

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French-English translation of boite

Terms from the DGT glossary