bois

See also: Bois and bóis

English

Noun

bois

1. plural of boi

Anagrams

• BIOS, Ibos, bios, obis, sibo

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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

• IPA^(key): /bwa/ ~ /bwɑ/, /bwa/

Noun

bois m (plural bois)

1. wood (material)
2. wood, woodland
3. antler
4. woodwind

Derived terms

• hautbois
• sous-bois

Related terms

• buisson

Etymology 2

From the verb boire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bwa/
• Homophone: boit

Verb

bois

1. inflection of boire:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Anagrams

• bios

Further reading

• “bois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Noun

bois

1. plural of boi

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Irish

Noun

bois

1. inflection of bos:
   1. dative singular
   2. dual all cases

Mutation

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.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• bosc

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)

1. woodland; woods

Derived terms

• buison
• boschage

Descendants

• Bourguignon: boo
• Bourbonnais-Berrichon: bou
• Middle French: bois, boys, boiz
  • French: bois
    • Haitian Creole: bwa
• 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
  • Middle French: bouquet, boucquet
    • French: bouquet
      • → English: bouquet
  • Gallo: bóqèt
  • Norman: boûquet
  • Picard: bouqueû, bouqueut
  • Walloon: boukèt

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbojʃ/

Noun

bois

1. (deprecated template usage) Masculine plural of noun boi.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bois

1. dative singular of bas

Usage notes

• Also used as nominative.