boia

See also: BOIA and bóia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French buie.

Noun

boia f (plural boies)

1. buoy

Further reading

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

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Finnish

Noun

boia

1. (deprecated template usage) partitive plural of boa

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French buie, from Frankish *baukan, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (“sign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔja̝/

Noun

boia f (plural boias)

1. buoy, floater

Derived terms

• aboiar (“to float”)

Further reading

• “boia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
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• “boia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese boiar. Cognates with Kabuverdianu bóia.

Verb

boia

1. to float (in the water)

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin boia.

Noun

boia f (invariable)

1. executioner
2. hangman (word game)
3. villain, scoundrel
   • 1995 Niccolò Ammaniti, Rane e girini:

     Non erano soltanto motociclisti di periferia, ma boia insensibili assetati del suo sangue.

     They weren't just bikers from the outskirts, but ruthless executioners thirsty for his blood.

Anagrams

• baio

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βοείη (boeíē, “ox hide”), from βοῦς (boûs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.i.a/, [ˈboiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.i.a/, [ˈbɔːiä]

Noun

boia f (genitive boiae); first declension

1. fetter, collar for the neck

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	boia	boiae
Genitive	boiae	boiārum
Dative	boiae	boiīs
Accusative	boiam	boiās
Ablative	boiā	boiīs
Vocative	boia	boiae

References

• boia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bóia (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French buie, boye, boue, from Frankish *baukan.

Noun

boia f (plural s)

1. float; buoy
2. (informal) meal

Derived terms

• boiar

Verb

boia

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Romanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish بویا (boya).

Noun

boia

1. paint