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Bouillant

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Definition: (adj) boiling, scalding, fiery, hotheaded

J'ai besoin d'un litre d'eau bouillante - I need a liter of boiling water.

C'est un homme bouillant - He's a hotheaded man.

Related: bouillir - to boil; une bouilloire - kettle; le bouillon - stock, bouillon; bouillonant (adj) - bubbling, foaming; le bouillonnement - bubbling, foaming; bouillonner - to bubble, froth, foam

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