bosc
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (probably Frankish *busk). Compare Occitan bosc.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bosc m (plural boscs or boscos)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “bosc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bosc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “bosc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bosc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *buscus or Late Latin boscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (compare Old High German busk).
Compare Spanish and Portuguese bosque, French bois, Catalan bosc, Dalmatian buasc, Occitan boscs.
Noun edit
bosc m (plural boscs)
Synonyms edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bosc m (plural boscs)
Derived terms edit
- bosc à ongliet (“mitre-box”)
- bostchot (“basket, wastepaper basket”)
Old Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, Proto-Germanic *buskaz.
Noun edit
bosc m (oblique plural boscs, nominative singular boscs, nominative plural bosc)
- wood; woods
- 12th century, Jaufré Rudel, Lanquan lo temps renovelha
- E quand lo bosc reverdeya
- And when the woods become green again
- 12th century, Jaufré Rudel, Lanquan lo temps renovelha