boîte
[bwaht;
French
bw
a
t]
/bwɑt;
French
bwat/
noun
,
plural
boîtes
[bwahts;
French
bw
a
t]
/bwɑts;
French
bwat/
(
Show IPA
)
1.
a nightclub; cabaret.
Origin
<
French:
box;
Old French
boiste
<
Vulgar Latin
*buxita,
for
Late Latin
buxida,
formation based on
Latin
pyxis
box (see
pyx
), stem
pyxid-,
conflated with
buxus
box
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