bois
EnglishEdit
FrenchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle French bois, boys, boiz, from Old French bosc, bois, from Late Latin boscus or Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, *busc, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”). Compare Italian bosco, Spanish bosque, Dutch bos and English bush.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bois m (plural bois)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From the verb boire.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
bois
- inflection of boire:
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “bois” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
GalicianEdit
IrishEdit
NounEdit
bois
MutationEdit
| 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. | ||
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”).
NounEdit
bois m (oblique plural bois, nominative singular bois, nominative plural bois)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Bourguignon: boo
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: bou
- Middle French: bois, boys, boiz
- 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