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    boutade
    /buːˈtɑːd/

    noun

    • 1. a sudden outburst or outbreak. formal

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › boutadeBoutade Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. bou· tade. büˈtäd. plural -s. 1. a. : an outbreak or burst especially of temper. b. : caprice, whim. no need to take his little boutades seriously. 2. a. : an 18th century French dance of impromptu character. b. : an instrumental musical composition similar to the Italian capriccio in an impromptu fanciful style. Word History. Etymology.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › french-english › boutadeBOUTADE | translate French to English - Cambridge Dictionary

    Boutade is a French word that means a joke or a witty remark. Learn how to use it in English with examples and synonyms from the Cambridge Dictionary.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › boutadeBOUTADE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Boutade definition: an outburst; sally. See examples of BOUTADE used in a sentence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › french-english › boutadeEnglish translation of 'boutade' - Collins Online Dictionary

    English Translation of “BOUTADE” | The official Collins French-English Dictionary online. Over 100,000 English translations of French words and phrases.

  6. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › boutadeboutade - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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    Etymology

    Borrowed from French boutade, from bouter (“to thrust”). See butt.

    Noun

    boutade (plural boutades) 1. A sudden outbreak or outburst; a caprice, a whim. 1.1. 1884, Henry James, “The Path of Duty”, in The English Illustrated Magazine, 2(15): 240-256: 1.1.1. [H]e suddenly broke out, "Well, then, as I understand you, what you recommend me is to marry Miss Bernardstone, and carry on an intrigue with Lady Vandeleur!" He knew perfectly that I recommended nothing of the sort, and he must have been very angry to indulge in this boutade. 1.2. 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Pe...

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    Etymology

    From French boutade.

    Pronunciation

    1. IPA(key): /ˌbuˈtaː.də/ 2. Hyphenation: bou‧ta‧de 3. Rhymes: -aːdə

    Noun

    boutade f (plural boutades) 1. witticism

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    Etymology

    Earlier boutée, from bouter (“to push”).

    Pronunciation

    1. IPA(key): /bu.tad/

    Noun

    boutade f (plural boutades) 1. caprice, whim 2. quip, joke 2.1. dire quelque chose en boutade 2.1.1. to say something jokingly

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    Etymology

    Borrowed from French boutade. Doublet of buttata.

    Noun

    boutade f (invariable) 1. witticism, wisecrack

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    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from French boutade.

    Pronunciation

    1. IPA(key): /buˈtad/ [buˈt̪að̞] 2. Rhymes: -ad

    Noun

    boutade f (plural boutades) 1. wisecrack

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  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › boutadeBoutade - definition of boutade by The Free Dictionary

    noun. An impulsive, often illogical turn of mind: bee, caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, humor, impulse, megrim, notion, vagary, whim, whimsy. Idiom: bee in one's bonnet. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

  8. dictionary.reverso.net › french-english › boutadeboutade translation in English | French-English dictionary ...

    nf quip, sally. Translation French - English Collins Dictionary. See also: boutade. n. joke. Collaborative Dictionary French-English. "boutade": examples and translations in context. See how “boutade ” is translated from French to English with more examples in context.