boîte

noun

Synonyms of boîtenext

Examples of boîte in a Sentence

a funky boîte on Paris's Left Bank that offers hot jazz to a self-consciously cool crowd
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Take Bernard’s, a moody cocktail boite done up with leather and tweed accents. Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025 Just a few blocks from the festival is this subterranean boite, situated underneath Little Sister, an always-excellent Dutch-Indonesian restaurant. Kate Dingwall, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Walk the walk, air-kiss on both sides please, this is Paris, and on to the after-party at whatever boite. Guy Martin, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 If Balthazar seemed especially hard to get into on Monday, June 12, that could be because Chanel took over the Soho boite to host its 16th annual Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner. The Editors, Town & Country, 13 June 2023 From top cocktail bars like Aviary and The Whistler to neighborhood haunts like Inner Town Pub and Map Room, to cozy wine boites like Webster's Wine Bar, there's a watering hole for all manner of palates. Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2018 Added to the list of haute boites is Hakkasan New York, the latest outpost of the elevated Cantonese restaurant which got its start in London. Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2018

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, box

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of boîte was in 1922

Cite this Entry

“Boîte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bo%C3%AEte. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.

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