bosc

Etymology

From Old Occitan bosc, from Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (probably Frankish *busk).

Noun

bosc m (plural boscs or boscos)

1. forest; wood; woods

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *buscus or Late Latin boscus, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (compare Old High German busk). Compare Spanish and Portuguese bosque, French bois, Catalan bosc, Dalmatian buasc, Occitan boscs.

Noun

bosc m (plural boscs)

1. wood, forest

Etymology

Borrowed from English box.

Noun

bosc m (plural boscs)

1. (Jersey) box

Alternative forms

• boiso, boscu

Etymology

From Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

bosc m (oblique plural boscs, nominative singular boscs, nominative plural bosc)

1. wood; woods
   • 12th century, Jaufré Rudel, Lanquan lo temps renovelha

     E quand lo bosc reverdeya

     And when the woods become green again