bois
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
bois
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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, Dutch bos and English bush.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bois m (countable and uncountable, plural bois)
- (uncountable) wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree)
- (countable) wood (wood of a particular species of tree)
- (countable) wood, woodland (forested or wooded area)
- antler (branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs)
- (music) woodwind instrument, woodwind
- Coordinate term: cuivre
Derived terms[edit]
- Belle au bois dormant
- bois de chauffage
- bois de justice
- bois d'œuvre
- boisé
- charbon de bois
- chèque en bois
- croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer
- cuillère en bois
- déménager à la cloche de bois
- être dans les poux de bois
- faire feu de tout bois
- faire flèche de tout bois
- gueule de bois
- hautbois
- jambe de bois
- langue de bois
- petit bois
- pousseur de bois
- Robin des Bois
- sous-bois
- toucher du bois
- trouver visage de bois
- volée de bois vert
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
bois
- inflection of boire:
Further reading[edit]
- “bois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
bois
Irish[edit]
Noun[edit]
bois
Mutation[edit]
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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From buis.
Noun[edit]
bois
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bois m (oblique plural bois, nominative singular bois, nominative plural bois)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Bourguignon: boo
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: bou
- Middle French: bois, boys, boiz
- Gallo: boéz, (Ille, Vilaine) boueil
- Norman: bouais (Jersiais), bwee (Sercquiais)
- Orléanais: boué (Solognot)
- Picard: bôs (Athois), bos (Ch'ti)
- Walloon: bos (Charleroi), bwès (Forrières, Liégeois)
- ⇒ Old French: bousquet, bochet, bouquet
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: bois
Noun[edit]
bois
Sambali[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From buis.
Noun[edit]
boís
Sardinian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
bois (possessive bostru)
See also[edit]
- nois (“we”)
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Noun[edit]
bois
Usage notes[edit]
- Also used as nominative.
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