boules
boules Lexical Profile
boules Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A traditional French game, similar to bowls or bocce, in which players throw or roll heavy metal balls as close as possible to a small target ball.
"The villagers gathered in the shady town square every Sunday afternoon for a friendly game of boules."
The plural form of boule, referring to spherical balls used in French lawn games, traditional round loaves of bread, or synthetic single-crystal masses.
"The baker pulled six crusty sourdough boules from the stone oven and set them on the cooling rack."
Word Nuance & Usage
When referring to the French game, 'boules' is plural in form but typically treated as a singular uncountable noun in grammar (e.g., 'boules is played in the park').
• Rhymes for boules
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from French 'boules', the plural of 'boule' (ball), which derives from Latin 'bulla', meaning 'bubble' or 'round object'.