bois

See also: Bois and bóis

English

Noun

bois

  1. plural of boi

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, and English bush.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bwɑ/, /bwa/

Noun

bois m (plural bois)

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the verb boire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bwa/
  • Homophone: boit

Verb

bois

  1. first-person singular present indicative of boire
  2. second-person singular present indicative of boire
  3. Second-person singular present imperative of boire

Anagrams

Further reading

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.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”).

Noun

bois m (oblique plural bois, nominative singular bois, nominative plural bois)

  1. woodland; woods

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
    • Middle French: bouquet, boucquet
    • Gallo: bóqèt
    • Norman: boûquet
    • Picard: bouqueû, bouqueut
    • Walloon: boukèt

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

bois

  1. Masculine plural of noun boi.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bois

  1. dative singular of bas

Usage notes

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