boulot

/bulo/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Colloquial Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: colloquial. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les boulots

Meaning

  1. job, work (informal)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

taf

Both mean "job, work" informally. boulot is the all-purpose everyday word for work; taf is more specifically youth/urban slang, as in "aller au taf."

Practice

1 What does boulot mean?

2 Fill the gap: Je dois retourner au ___ après le déjeuner.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches boulot?

nouncolloquial

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