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les boules

balls, spheres, earplugs, testicles

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boule ball + s Plural
noun · plural feminine Rare #41,142
balls, spheres
FR: Les enfants jouent avec des boules colorées.
EN: The children are playing with colorful balls.
earplugs Often used in the expression « boules Quies » for earplugs.
FR: Je mets des boules Quies pour dormir.
EN: I wear earplugs to sleep.
testicles Colloquial; can sound vulgar depending on context.
FR: Le médecin lui a dit que ses boules étaient normales.
EN: The doctor told him his testicles were normal.
Declension of boule
bouleboules

Les étoiles sont de gigantesques boules de plasma.

Stars are gigantic balls of plasma.

Tu as deux boules.

You have two balls.

J'avais mes boules Quies.

I was wearing my earplugs.

— Anatomie d'une chute (2023)

On a été bombardés de boules de feu des deux côtés, et la voiture a pris feu.

We were bombarded with fireballs from both sides, and the car caught fire.

— Article 15 (2019)

Certaines boules sont jaunes.

Some balls are yellow.

Vous avez deux boules.

You have two balls.

Mais vous savez, je parie que les porcs veulent garder leurs boules.

But you know, I bet the pigs want to keep their balls.

— Assassination (2015)