how to pronounce boîte

/bwɑt/

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boîte is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of boîte in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… ton manager dans ta boîte ce que je veux …”

meanings of boîte

noun:

Tin, can.
Company, employer.
Box (the container).
Ellipsis of boîte de nuit: club, nightclub.

boîte frequency in french - B1 level of CEFR

the word boîte occurs in french on average 53.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.