boa

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See also: Boa and bō-á

English[edit]

Boa constrictor

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English boa, from Latin boa (“large snake”), a species of serpent mentioned in Pliny's Naturalis Historia (Natural History).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa (plural boas or boae)

  1. Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico, and the chevalier boa of Peru.
  2. (plural "boas") A type of scarf typically made from feathers.

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boes)

  1. boa (snake)

Further reading[edit]

Danish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Noun[edit]

boa c (singular definite boaen, plural indefinite boaer)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. boa (item of clothing)

Declension[edit]

Declension of boa
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative boa boaen boaer boaerne
genitive boas boaens boaers boaernes

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch boa, from {der|nl|la|boa}}. The use for scarf derived from French boa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈboː.aː/
  • Audio
    		(file)
  • Hyphenation: boa
  • Rhymes: -oːaː

Noun[edit]

boa m (plural boa's, diminutive boaatje n)

  1. boa, snake of the genus Boa
  2. fur or plumed scarf, boa

Esperanto[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

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

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbo.ɑ/, [ˈbo̞.ɑ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈboːɑ/, [ˈbo̞ːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -o.ɑ
  • Hyphenation: bo‧a

Noun[edit]

boa

  1. boa (snake)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of boa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative boa boat
genitive boan boien
partitive boaa boia
illative boaan boiin
singular plural
nominative boa boat
accusative nom. boa boat
gen. boan
genitive boan boien
boainrare
partitive boaa boia
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
Possessive forms of boa (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person boani boamme
2nd person boasi boanne
3rd person boansa

Compounds[edit]

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa m (plural boas)

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

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boas)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective[edit]

boa

  1. feminine singular of bo

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa m (invariable)

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

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boe)

  1. buoy

Katembri[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa

  1. moon

References[edit]

  • Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 88-89

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

boa f (genitive boae); first declension

  1. A large snake native to Roman Italy.
  2. A disease, the measles or smallpox.

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative boa boae
Genitive boae boārum
Dative boae boīs
Accusative boam boās
Ablative boā boīs
Vocative boa boae

Verb[edit]

boā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of boō

References[edit]

Lindu[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa

  1. lie; falsehood

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin boa.

Noun[edit]

boa m anim (indeclinable)

  1. boa (snake)

Etymology 2[edit]

From French boa, from Latin boa.

Noun[edit]

boa n (indeclinable)

  1. boa (feather boa)

Further reading[edit]

  • boa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

boa

  1. Feminine singular of adjective bom.
Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boas)

  1. an interesting story, joke or news

Interjection[edit]

boa!

  1. good one!, well done!, all right! (expresses approval, applause or admiration)

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boas)

  1. boa (any snake of the Boa genus)
Synonyms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “boa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin boa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa f (plural boas)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. boa (scarf made from feathers)

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

boa c

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of boa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative boa boan boor boorna
Genitive boas boans boors boornas

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French pourboire (“tip”, literally “fordrink”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

boa

  1. to leave a tip; to give gratuity
    tiền boa
    a tip
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