boa

See also: Boa

English

Etymology

Via Latin, mentioned by Pliny, but of Unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ.ə/
• Rhymes: -əʊə

Noun

boa (plural boas)

1. Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico, and the chevalier boa of Peru.
2. A type of scarf typically made from feathers.

Translations

snake

• Albanian: boa (sq) m
• Basque: boa (eu)
• Catalan: boa f
• Chamicuro: akumawa, kasesepi
• Czech: hroznýš m
• Finnish: boa (fi)
• French: boa (fr) m
• Italian: boa (it) m
• Kyrgyz: боа (ky) m (boa), удав (ky) m (udav)
• Macedonian: боа f (bóa), змиски цар m (zmíski car), удав m (údav)

• Manx: aarnieu traastagh m
• Polish: boa (pl) m
• Portuguese: jibóia (pt)
• Romanian: boa (ro)
• Russian: боа (ru) m (bóa), удав (ru) m (udáv)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: удав m

  Roman: udav m

• Spanish: boa (es) f

See also

• Boa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boa on Wikispecies. Wikispecies

scarf

• Albanian: boa (sq)
• Basque: lepoko
• Catalan: boà m
• Finnish: höyhenhuivi

• French: boa (fr) m
• Italian: boa (it) m
• Russian: горжетка (ru) f (goržétka), боа (ru) m (bóa)

Anagrams

• abo, ABO
• AOB, a.o.b.
• bao
• oba, Oba.

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Adjective

boa (plural boaj, accusative singular boan, accusative plural boajn)

1. Related by marriage (rarely used; bo- is usually a prefix).

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Finnish

Noun

boa

1. boa (snake)

Declension

Declension of boa (Kotus type 10/koira)

	singular	plural
nominative	boa	boat
genitive	boan	boien boainrare
partitive	boaa	boia
accusative	boan	boat
inessive	boassa	boissa
elative	boasta	boista
illative	boaan	boiin
adessive	boalla	boilla
ablative	boalta	boilta
allative	boalle	boille
essive	boana	boina
translative	boaksi	boiksi
instructive	—	boin
abessive	boatta	boitta
comitative	—	boineen

Anagrams

• abo

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /bɔ.a/

Noun

boa m (plural boas)

1. boa (snake)
2. boa (scarf)

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Italian

Noun

boa m (invariable)

1. boa (snake)
2. boa (scarf)

boa f (plural boe)

1. buoy

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Latin

Noun

boa

1. A large snake native to Roman Italy.

Verb

boā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of boō

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Polish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

boa m (indeclinable)

1. boa (snake)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ɐ/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese bõa, from Latin bona, feminine of bonus (“good”).

Adjective

boa

1. feminine form of bom

Derived terms

• numa boa

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

1. an interesting story, joke or news

Interjection

boa!

1. good one!

Etymology 2

From New Latin Boa, from Latin boa (“large Italian snake species”).

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

1. boa (any snake of the Boa genus)

Synonyms

• jiboia

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.a/

Noun

boa m (plural boas)

1. boa (snake)

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Swedish

Noun

boa c

1. boa (snake)
2. boa (scarf)

Declension

Declension of boa

	singular		plural
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	boa	boan	boor	boorna
genitive	boas	boans	boors	boornas