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bouteille

bottle

noun boo-TAY Less Common

Usage Note

Bouteille can refer to any bottle but is strongly associated with wine in French culture. Mettre en bouteille means to bottle wine. The expression avoir de la bouteille ('to have some bottle') is a colourful idiom meaning a wine has aged well — or a person is experienced.

Examples

"Il a ouvert une bouteille de vin rouge."

Natural Translation

He opened a bottle of red wine.

Literal Translation

He has opened a bottle of wine red.

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