bony

See also: BONY

English

Alternative forms

• boney

Etymology

From Middle English bony, equivalent to bone +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊni/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊni

Adjective

bony (comparative bonier, superlative boniest)

1. Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.
2. Full of bones.
3. With little flesh; skinny, thin.

   That bony fellow could use a few hot dinners.

4. Having prominent bones.

Derived terms

• bonily
• boniness
• bony bream
• bony fish
• bonytail
• infrabony
• intrabony
• nonbony
• suprabony

Translations

resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone

• Bulgarian: костен (kosten)
• Catalan: ossi (ca)
• Czech: kostní (cs), kostěný (cs)
• Dutch: benig (nl)
• Finnish: luumainen, luinen (fi)
• French: osseux (fr)
• Galician: óseo (gl) m
• German: knöchern (de)
• Ido: ostala (io)
• Indonesian: bertulang (id)
• Latin: osseus
• Portuguese: ósseo (pt)
• Romanian: osos (ro)
• Russian: кости́стый (ru) (kostístyj), ко́стный (ru) (kóstnyj)
• Spanish: huesudo (es)
• Welsh: esgyrnog (cy)

full of bones

• Czech: plný kostí, kostnatý
• Dutch: benig (nl)
• Finnish: luinen (fi), ruotoinen (fi) (of fish), luiseva (fi)
• Galician: osudo m
• German: grätig (de)
• Hungarian: csontos (hu)
• Portuguese: ossudo
• Russian: кости́стый (ru) (kostístyj)
• Volapük: (fish) fitabomagik

with little flesh; skinny, thin

• Bulgarian: кокалест (bg) (kokalest)
• Czech: kostnatý, vyzáblý, kost a kůže
• Dutch: benig (nl), mager (nl)
• Finnish: luiseva (fi)
• Galician: osudo
• German: knochig
• Indonesian: kurus (id)
• Italian: ossuto (it), stecchino (it) m
• Maori: (w)hīroki
• Ottoman Turkish: ضعیف (zaʼif)
• Romanian: osos (ro)
• Russian: костля́вый (ru) (kostljávyj)
• Spanish: huesudo (es)

having prominent bones

• Bulgarian: кокалест (bg) (kokalest)
• Czech: kostnatý
• Finnish: luiseva (fi)
• Galician: osudo m
• German: knochig
• Portuguese: ossudo
• Russian: костля́вый (ru) (kostljávyj)
• Spanish: huesudo (es)

Anagrams

• NOYB

Catalan

Etymology

Unknown. Probably of pre-Roman origin. First attested in 1372.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈboɲ]

Noun

bony m (plural bonys)

1. bulk, lump, bump

Derived terms

• bonyegut
• bunyol

Further reading

• “bony”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “bony” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bony” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Scots

Adjective

bony

1. Alternative spelling of bonny

References

• “bonnie, adj., adv., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
• “bony, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.