pudele

• (archaic form) budele
• (dialectal form) butele

Borrowed from Middle Low German buddel, itself borrowed from French bouteille, from Late Latin buticula, the diminutive form of buttis (“barrel”), from Ancient Greek βοῦθις (boûthis, “barrel”). The word is first mentioned as budele in 18th-century dictionaries; the current form (with b > p, perhaps under Livonian influence, but also perhaps a dialectal feature) became popular in the 19th century. Another form butele, found in some dialects, is apparently an independent loan, from Baltic German buttel, from which also Russian бутылка (butýlka).[1]

pudele f (5th declension)

1. bottle (container with a tapered top for storing liquids)

   stikla, papīra pudele ― glass, paper bottle

   piena, alus, vīna pudele ― milk, beer, wine bottle

   graduēta pudele ― graduated bottle

   pudeles kakls ― bottle neck

   pudeles vēders ― bottle body (lit. belly)

   pudeļu stikls ― bottle glass

   pudeļu laka ― bottle polish

   skalot pudeles ― to rinse the bottles

   ieliet pudelē ūdeni ― to pour water into the bottle

   termosa pudele, termospudele ― thermos bottle

   Arturs atkorķēja pudeli un nolika to uz galda ― Arturs opened the bottle and put it on the table

2. bottle (the container and its contents)

   nopirkt divas sulas pudeles ― to buy two bottles of juice

3. bottle (its contents)

   izdzert limonādes pudeli ― to drink a bottle of lemonade

• termospudele