boule

(bū'lē, bū-lā')
n.

1. The lower house of the modern Greek legislature.
2. 1. The senate of 400 founded by Solon in ancient Athens.
   2. A legislative assembly in any one of the ancient Greek states.

[Greek boulē, assembly.]

boule² (būl)
n.

1. A pear-shaped synthetic sapphire, ruby, or other alumina-based gem, produced by fusing and tinting alumina.
2. A round loaf of white bread.

[French, ball, from Old French, bubble, from Latin bulla.]

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[BOOL] French for "ball," referring culinarily to a round loaf of white bread. Also called miche.

A plain-sawn log which has been reassembled in the original log form, but with spacers between adjacent slabs.

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In those Greek states where the government was carried out by an assembly of citizens and a council, the general Greek name for the latter was boule. This was a specially appointed body of citizens, which implemented the decisions of the sovereign assembly and administered the day-to-day running of the state. In classical Athens the boule consisted of five hundred (male) citizens over 30 years old, appointed annually by lot by the demes (acting as voting districts) of Athens and Attica, from those who were willing to stand and had survived a preliminary scrutiny. No one could serve on the boule more than twice in a lifetime. Hence a large proportion of the male population served at some time in their lives, though there is some evidence that on occasions the well-to-do were over-represented (it must therefore have been possible to interfere with the drawing of lots). Solon at the beginning of the sixth century BC was credited with the creation of the original boule at Athens, but the origin of the boule as it functioned in classical times lies in the reforms of Cleisthenes at the end of the sixth century.

The name given to the form of synthetic ruby or sapphire grown from molten drops in a furnace. The word is French for “ball” and persists from the round pea-sized shapes of the first synthetic rubies and sapphires.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - boule

2.
n. - syntetisk smykkesten

3.
n. - boule

Nederlands (Dutch)
jeu de boules, wetgevende vergadering in Griekenland

Français (French)
1.
n. - boule (jeu)

2.
n. - pierre gemme (saphir, rubis, etc synthétique)

3.
n. - (Pol) chambre basse (au Parlement Grec)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Boule (franz. Kugelspiel)

2.
n. - Einlegeholz(arbeit), Boule-Arbeit

3.
n. - Boule (griech. gesetzgebende Körperschaft)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ξυλόμπαλα, (στην αρχαία Ελλάδα) Βουλή

Italiano (Italian)
gemma sintetica, consiglio legislativo, bocce

Português (Portuguese)
n. - móvel (m) decorado com metal, marfim, embutido em desenhos ornamentais

Русский (Russian)
игра в кегли на лужайке

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - juego sobre tierra con pelotas de metal

2.
n. - taracea, marquetería

3.
n. - (Grecia) parlamento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - boule, franskt bollspel med kula

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 镶嵌艺品

2. 议会, 立法会议, 众议院

3. 洋梨形的水晶

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 洋梨形的水晶

2.
n. - 議會, 立法會議, 眾議院

3.
n. - 鑲嵌藝品

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 불상감

2.
n. - 불(인조 보석용의 원통형 물질)

3.
n. - (근대 그리스의)의회

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ブール細工, ブーレー, ブール

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معدن مصهور يشبه الحجر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בול (מישחק), כדורת צרפתית המשוחקת עם כדורי מתכת‬
n. - ‮סינט‬
n. - ‮גוף מחוקק ביוון‬

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