bois
English
Noun
bois
Anagrams
French
Etymology 1
From Middle French bois, boys, boiz, from Old French bosc, bois, from Late Latin boscus or Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, *busc, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”). Compare Italian bosco, Spanish bosque, Dutch bos and English bush.
Pronunciation
Noun
bois m (plural bois)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From the verb boire.
Pronunciation
Verb
bois
- inflection of boire:
Anagrams
Further reading
- “bois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Noun
bois
Irish
Noun
bois
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bois | bhois | mbois |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”).
Noun
bois oblique singular, m (oblique plural bois, nominative singular bois, nominative plural bois)
Derived terms
Descendants
- 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
Pronunciation
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Noun
bois
- (deprecated template usage) Masculine plural of noun boi.
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
bois
Usage notes
- Also used as nominative.
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- French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- French terms derived from Frankish
- French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- French 1-syllable words
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- Old French terms inherited from Late Latin
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