bouillir

Senses

1. 1.

   to boil

   to heat a liquid until it reaches boiling point with bubbles rapidly forming

2. 2.

   to seethe

   to be in a state of agitation or anger

3. 3.

   to bubble

   to produce bubbles (of liquid or spring water)

Examples

• "L'eau bout à cent degrés Celsius."

  Water boils at one hundred degrees Celsius.

• "Il bouillait de colère en écoutant ces accusations."

  He was seething with anger while listening to those accusations.

• "La source bouille doucement au pied de la montagne."

  The spring bubbles gently at the foot of the mountain.

Usage

Common in both literal (cooking) and figurative (emotional) contexts. The present tense forms are irregular: je bous, tu bous, il/elle bout, nous bouillons, vous bouillez, ils/elles bouillent. Frequently collocates with water (eau), emotions (colère, rage), and cooking contexts.