boa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊ.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ.ə/
• Rhymes: -əʊə

Noun

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.

See also

• boa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• ABO, AOB, Abo, BAO, Bao, OAB, Oba., a.o.b., abo, bao, oba

Etymology

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Noun

boa c (singular definite boaen, plural indefinite boaer)

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

References

• “boa” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

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

Adjective

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːɑ/
• Hyphenation: bo‧a

Noun

boa

1. boa (snake)

Anagrams

• abo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.a/

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Noun

boa m (plural boas)

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

Further reading

• “boa” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

boa m (invariable)

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

Noun

boa f (plural boe)

1. buoy

Noun

boa

1. moon

References

• 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

Noun

boa f (genitive boae); first declension

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

Verb

boā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of boō

References

• boa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• boa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.a/

• Audio

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Etymology 1

From Latin boa

Etymology 2

From French boa, from Latin boa

Further reading

• boa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ɐ/

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology

From Latin boa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboa/

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

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

Further reading

• “boa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Noun

boa c

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɓwaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɓwaː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɓwaː˧˧]

Verb

boa

1. to leave a tip; to give gratuity

   tiền boa

   a tip