boteille

Old French

Alternative forms

• boteile, botel, botelle, botojjle, boutaille, bouteille, boutele, boutelle, boutoille

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin butticula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈteʎə/

Noun

boteille oblique singular, f (oblique plural boteilles, nominative singular boteille, nominative plural boteilles)

1. bottle

Descendants

• Bourguignon: bôtoille
• Champenois: boutoille
• French: bouteille (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: boutelle
• Walloon: botaye

Borrowings:

• → British Isles:
  • → Breton: boutailh
  • → Cornish: boutailh
  • → Middle English: botel
    • English: bottle (see there for further descendants)
  • → Welsh: potel
  • → Middle Irish: buidél
    • Irish: buidéal
    • Manx: boteil
• → Italy:
  • Corsican: buttiglia
  • Dalmatian: botaila
  • Italian: bottiglia
  • Sicilian: buttigghia
  • Venetan: botìłia

References

• “boteille”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.