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boire /bwaʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to drink;
1. [paper] to soak up.

se boire reflexive verb (+ v être) ce vin se boit frais this wine should be drunk chilled.

IDIOMS:

~ comme un trou (familiar) to drink like a fish (colloquial);
il y a à ~ et à manger dans leur théorie there's both good and bad in their theory.

but /by(t)/ masculine noun

goal;
aim, purpose;
aller droit au ~ to go straight to the point;

(in football) goal;

(in archery) target.

IDIOMS:

déclarer de ~ en blanc to declare point-blank.

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'but' found in these entries:

French:

agir - alors - au-delà - autrement - avant-dernier - celui-ci - cœur - comment - contrepartie - côté - dire - dix - domicilié - donner - douter - encore - enfin - ensuite - étrangement - faire - falloir - gardien - huit - ici - incroyable - long - main - mais - malheur - mine - ne - nécessité - nul - par-devant - pas - passer - peu - pourquoi - pratiquer - prendre - près - quand - quoique - recours - sans - sauf - seulement - si - six - soit

English:

a - aim - anything - anyway - between - do - drift - end - get - goal - goalkeeper - goalpost - he - her - hers - his - I - instead - its - last - least - let - look - mind - mine - my - nobody - none - non-profitmaking - nothing - object - purpose - save - score - sense - some - spring - theirs - there - this - used - very - we - well - what - would - yours

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
boire	(absorber)	v	soak up ⇒
boire	(consommer de l'alcool)	v	drink (consume alcohol)

Additional Translations:
boire		v	imbibe (drink)
boire		v	drink in (be fascinated)
boire		v	drink (to consume a beverage)
boire	(avaler un liquide)	v	lap (lap up (liquid))
Compound Forms/Formes composées
action de boire		nf	drinking
à l'âge de boire		adj	drinking age
boire à pleines gorgées		v	quaff (quaff)
boire beaucoup			drink heavily
boire un verre			have a drink
chanson à boire			drinking song
faire boire la tasse à (à qn) (familier)		vtr	dip (sb: push sb's head underwater) familiar
laper/boire comme du petit lait			lap siding
le boire et le manger		nm	food and drink
trop boire		v	hard-drinking (be)
verre à boire		nm	drinking glass
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Principal Translations/Principales traductions
but	(objectif, raison)	nm	aim (purpose)
but	(équipement sportif)	nm	goal (game equipment)

Additional Translations:
but	(cible)	adj	blank (target)
but		nm	sake
but		nm	target (end, goal)
but	(but)	nm	object (aim)
but	(décision; choix)	nm	decision (choice)
but	(destination; objectif)	nm	destination (ultimate goal)
but	(fin)	nm	end (goal)
but	(intention)	nm	intention (goal)
but	(intention, propos)	nm	intent (purpose)
but	(intention; dessein)	nm	intent (aim)
but	(objectif)	nm	objective (aim)
but	(objectif, destination)	nm	destination
but	(objet - raison, prétexte)	nm	object (purpose)
but	(propos, intention)	nm	purpose (goal, aim, end)
but	(score)	nm	goal (score)
Compound Forms/Formes composées
agir dans le but de			act toward
atteindre son but			hit the mark
au but			to the point
à but lucratif		adj	profit-making
à but non lucratif		adj	non-profit-making
but égalisateur (sport)		adj	equalizing goal sport
but sur balles			base on balls
but sur pénalité			penalty goal
but ultime			ultimate purpose
but ultime		nm	ultimate aim
coup de pied de but		nm	goal kick
dans le but de			with the intention of
dans le but de		conj	in order to
dans le but de		loc	with a view to
ligne de but			goal line
marquer un but		v	kick (kick a goal)
poteau de but (sports et loisirs)		nm	goal post (sports and leisure)
poteaux de but (sports et loisirs)		nm	goal posts (sports and leisure)
sans but		loc adj	aimless
sans but		phrase	to no purpose adv
sans but (au hasard)		phrase	aimlessly
surface de but		nf	goal area
zone de but (football)		nf	end zone (football)
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'Routard'- colloquial but not condescending
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