bois

See also: Bois and bóis

English

Noun

bois

1. plural of boi

Anagrams

• BIOS, Ibos, SIBO, bios, obis, sibo

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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)

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

1. inflection of boire:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Further reading

• “bois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bios

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Galician

Noun

bois

1. plural of boi

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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.

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Maranao

Etymology

From buis.

Noun

bois

1. tax

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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)

1. woodland; woods

Derived terms

• buison
• boschage

Descendants

• Bourguignon: boo
• Bourbonnais-Berrichon: bou
• Middle French: bois, boys, boiz
  • French: bois
    • Haitian Creole: bwa
• 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
  • Gallo: bóqèt
  • Norman: boûquet
  • Picard: bouqueû, bouqueut
  • Walloon: boukèt

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbojʃ/

Noun

bois

1. plural of boi

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Sambali

Etymology

From buis.

Noun

boís

1. tax

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Sardinian

Alternative forms

• vois

Etymology

From Latin vōbīs..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbois/, [ˈboː.i.zĭ]

Pronoun

bois (possessive bostru)

1. you (plural), ye

   Synonym: bos, bosateros

See also

• nois (“we”)

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bois

1. dative singular of bas

Usage notes

• Also used as nominative.