bôf

See also: bof, BOF, and bøf

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• bœf, buef (ORB serrée)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bovem.

Noun

bôf m (plural bôfs) (ORB large)

1. male cow

   Coordinate term: vache f

Derived terms

• bovèt

References

• bœuf in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• bôf in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1042: “il bue; i buoi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1287: “taureau” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “bos”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 1: A–B, page 445