bois

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See also: Bois, BOIs, and bóis

English

Noun

bois

  1. plural of boi

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French bois, boys, boiz, from Old French bosc, bois, from Late Latin boscus or Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”). Compare Italian bosco, Spanish bosque, Portuguese bosque, Dutch bos and English bush.

Pronunciation

Noun

bois m (countable and uncountable, plural bois)

  1. (uncountable) wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree)
  2. (countable) wood (wood of a particular species of tree)
  3. (countable) wood, woodland (forested or wooded area)
  4. antler (branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs)
  5. (music) woodwind instrument, woodwind
    Coordinate term: cuivre
  6. (art) wooden engraving, woodcut
  7. (golf) wood (type of club)
  8. (nautical, dated) hull
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

bois

  1. inflection of boire:
    1. first/second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular present imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

bois

  1. plural of boi

Irish

Noun

bois

  1. inflection of bos:
    1. dative singular
    2. dual all cases

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bois bhois mbois
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Maranao

Etymology

From buis.

Noun

bois

  1. tax

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bois oblique singular, m (oblique plural bois, nominative singular bois, nominative plural bois)

  1. woodland; woods

Derived terms

Descendants

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: bois

Noun

bois

  1. plural of boi

Sambali

Etymology

From buis.

Noun

boís

  1. tax

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin vōbīs.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

bois (possessive bostru)

  1. you (plural), ye
    Synonyms: bos, bosateros

See also

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bois

  1. dative singular of bas

Usage notes

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