*bouillir, v.n., to boil, to simmer. Faire — à demi; to parboil. — à gros bouillons; to boil fast. — à petits bouillons; to boil gently; to simmer. Cela sert à faire — la marmite; that helps to make the pot boil.
*bouillir, v.a., to boil. Only used in the popular and figurative expression: — du lait à quelqu’un; to say something very pleasant to somebody.
*bouilloire, n.f., boiler, kettle.
*bouillon, n.m., broth; bubble, ripple, bubbling; ebullition, transport; puff (of a lady’s dress). — en tablette; portable broth, meat-tablet. — de poulet; chicken broth. — de veau; veal-broth. — coupé; broth diluted with water. Prendre un —; to take some broth. Boire un —; to swallow a mouthful (in bathing); to meet with a loss. — pointu; clyster. L’eau sort de la roche à gros —s; the water comes gushing out of the rock. Un — d’eau; a bubbling fountain.
*bouillon-blanc, n.m., (—s-—s) mullein, cow’s-lung-wort.
*bouillonnant, -e, adj., bubbling, gurgling.
*bouillonnement (-io-n-mān), n.m., bubbling up, spouting or gushing out; ebullition, effervescence, agitation.
*bouillonner, v.n., to bubble, to gush out, to boil, to boil over.
bouillonner, v.a., to put puffs to. — une robe; to put puffs to a dress.
*bouillotte, n.f., foot-warmer.