boira

See also: boirā

Aragonese

Noun

boira f

1. cloud

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin boreās, from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔj.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɔj.ɾa]

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Noun

boira f (plural boires)

1. fog
2. mist

Derived terms

• boirar-se
• boirenc
• boirina
• boirós (adjective)
• boirum
• emboirar
• escampar la boira

Further reading

• “boira” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bwa.ʁa/

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Verb

boira

1. third-person singular future of boire

   Le roi boira demain, tout le monde le sait.

   The king will drink tomorrow, everyone knows it.

Anagrams

• robai

Galician

Alternative forms

• boura

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From Latin boreās, from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔjɾa̝/

Noun

boira f (plural boiras)

1. fog, drizzle
2. puddle created by rain on crop fields

References

1. “boira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
2. “boira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• boria

Etymology

Borrowed, via Aragonese boira, from Catalan boira, from Latin boreās (“north wind”), from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboiɾa/ [ˈboi̯.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oiɾa
• Syllabification: boi‧ra

Noun

boira f (plural boiras)

1. fog

   Synonym: niebla

Further reading

• “boira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “boira”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 614