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English
Etymology 1
From Boids, an artificial life program developed by Craig Reynolds in 1986; derived from bird and -oid.
Pronunciation
Noun
boid (plural boids)
- A computer simulation of an animal that flies in flocks or swarms.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
boid (plural boids)
- Any member of the family Boidae of non-venomous snakes.
Translations
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
boid (plural boids)
- Nonstandard spelling of bird representing the old-fashioned New York City pronunciation
Anagrams
Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, pald, from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognates include German bald, Dutch boud, English bold.
Pronunciation
Adverb
boid (Central Bavarian)
- soon
- Mia san boid då. ― We'll be there soon.
- almost
- Synonyms: beinåh, fåst
- Des is scho boid nimmer woahr. ― It seems ages ago. (literally, “It is almost not true anymore.”)
- easy
- So a Auto is boid kaft, owa foarn kenna muass ma's hoid ah. ― It's easy to buy a car, but you also have to be able to drive it.
- (in the negative, with so) any time soon
- Synonyms: schnej, schnö
- De kumman ned so boid zruck. ― She won't be back any time soon.
- Des vergiss i so boid ned. ― I won't forget that any time soon.
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
boid m
- inflection of bod:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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boid
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bhoid
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mboid
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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