bois
See also: Bois and bóis
English
Noun
bois
- plural of boi
Anagrams
- BIOS, Ibos, SIBO, bios, obis, sibo
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, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”). Compare Italian bosco, Spanish bosque, Dutch bos and English bush.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bwa/, /bwɑ/
Noun
bois m (plural bois)
- wood (material)
- wood, woodland
- antler
- woodwind
Derived terms
- Belle au bois dormant
- bois de chauffage
- bois de justice
- bois d'œuvre
- charbon de bois
- chèque en bois
- croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer
- cuillère en bois
- déménager à la cloche de bois
- être dans les poux de bois
- faire feu de tout bois
- faire flèche de tout bois
- gueule de bois
- hautbois
- jambe de bois
- langue de bois
- petit bois
- pousseur de bois
- Robin des Bois
- sous-bois
- toucher du bois
- trouver visage de bois
- volée de bois vert
Related terms
- buisson
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bwa/
- Homophone: boit
Verb
bois
- inflection of boire:
- first/second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular present imperative
Further reading
- “bois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- bios
Galician
Noun
bois
- plural of boi
Irish
Noun
bois
- inflection of bos:
- dative singular
- 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. |
Maranao
Etymology
From buis.
Noun
bois
- tax
Old French
Alternative forms
- bosc
Etymology
From Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboi̯s/
Noun
bois m (oblique plural bois, nominative singular bois, nominative plural bois)
- woodland; woods
Derived terms
- buison
- boschage
Descendants
- Bourguignon: boo
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: bou
- Middle French: bois, boys, boiz
- French: bois
- Haitian Creole: bwa
- French: bois
- 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
- French: bouquet
- Gallo: bóqèt
- Norman: boûquet
- Picard: bouqueû, bouqueut
- Walloon: boukèt
- Middle French: bouquet, boucquet
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbojs/ [ˈboɪ̯s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbojʃ/ [ˈboɪ̯ʃ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbojʃ/
Noun
bois
- plural of boi
Sambali
Etymology
From buis.
Noun
boís
- tax
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- vois
Etymology
From Latin vōbīs..
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbois/, [ˈboː.i.zĭ]
Pronoun
bois (possessive bostru)
- you (plural), ye
- Synonym: bos, bosateros
See also
- nois (“we”)
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
bois
- dative singular of bas
Usage notes
- Also used as nominative.