What does bol in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word bol in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use bol in French.

The word bol in French means bowl, bowl, luck, good luck, be lucky, be very lucky, have a lot of luck, bolus, a breath of fresh air, bowl of cereal, bowl of rice, ricehead, stroke of luck, pudding basin cut, pudding basin style, be really fed up, tough luck, no luck, get a breath of fresh air, gloominess, despondency, despair, bleakness, dolefulness. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word bol

bowl

nom masculin (grande tasse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je bois mon thé dans un bol plutôt que dans une tasse.
I drink my tea from a bowl, rather than a cup.

bowl

nom masculin (contenu du bol)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le matin, je bois un bol de café.
In the mornings, I drink a bowl of coffee.

luck, good luck

nom masculin (familier (chance)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Quel bol d'avoir eu la dernière place pour le concert ! // On a eu du bol ; il a fait beau toute la journée.
We were lucky; the weather was good all day.

be lucky

locution verbale (familier (avoir de la chance)

On a eu du bol ; il a fait beau toute la journée.

be very lucky, have a lot of luck

locution verbale (très familier (être très chanceux)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

bolus

nom masculin (aliments mâchés et salivés) (digestion)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

a breath of fresh air

nom masculin (figuré (moment de détente)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

bowl of cereal

nom masculin (céréales dans du lait) (breakfast food)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tous les matins, elle mange un bol de céréales.

bowl of rice

nom masculin (récipient et contenu) (food)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
À l'école, en solidarité aux enfants des pays pauvres, nous n'avons eu qu'un bol de riz à manger à la cantine.

ricehead

nom masculin et féminin (péjoratif, insultant (Asiatique) (slang, pejorative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

stroke of luck

nom masculin (familier (chance)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

pudding basin cut, pudding basin style

nom féminin (coiffure en forme de bol inversé) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Jeanne d'Arc avait une coupe au bol.

be really fed up

locution verbale (familier (en avoir assez) (informal)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
J'en ai ras le bol de l'école !

tough luck

(familier (pas de chance, malheureusement)

J'ai voulu m'offrir une glace mais manque de bol, j'avais oublié mon portefeuille à la maison.

no luck

locution adverbiale (familier (manque de chance)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Je voulais aller manger au resto. Mais pas de bol, c'était fermé.

get a breath of fresh air

locution verbale (respirer profondément dehors)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Nous revenons de promenade, nous avons pris un bon bol d'air !

gloominess, despondency, despair, bleakness, dolefulness

nom masculin invariable (familier (fait d'en avoir marre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Après l'augmentation des impôts, du prix de l'essence et du gaz, il y a eu une sorte de ras-le-bol général. Les enseignants sont allés manifester leur ras-le-bol dans la rue.
Following the increases in taxes and the prices of petrol and gas, there was a kind of general despondency. // Teachers have gone to demonstrate their despair on the streets.

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