Boot – la botte

(Pronounced bot)

To remember that Boot is pronounced bot (botte) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The boot slid to the bottom (botte) of the mountain.

Botte is feminine, so it's la botte. Imagine the Labrador wearing Wellington boots.

Examples of botte (boot) in a sentence

Je mets mon écharpe et mes bottes pour sortir. 

(I put on my scarf and my boots to go out.)

Détacher les lacets pour que votre pied glisse facilement dans la botte. 

(Untie the laces so your foot slides easily into the boot.)

La grande majorité a nié, droit dans ses bottes, tout braconnage. 

(The vast majority denied any poaching, standing firm in their boots.)