bois
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Noun
bois
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Etymology 1
Inherited 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, Portuguese bosque, Dutch bos and English bush.
Pronunciation
Noun
bois m (countable and uncountable, plural bois)
- (uncountable) wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree)
- (countable) wood (wood of a particular species of tree)
- (countable) wood, woodland (forested or wooded area)
- antler (branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs)
- (music) woodwind instrument, woodwind
- Coordinate term: cuivre
- (art) wooden engraving, woodcut
- (golf) wood (type of club)
- (nautical, dated) hull
Derived terms
- Belle au bois dormant
- bois de bombarde
- bois de chauffage
- bois de chauffe
- bois de corail
- bois de joli cœur
- bois de justice
- bois de mangue marron
- bois d’œuvre
- bois maigre
- boisé
- 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
- rose de bois
- rose des bois
- sous-bois
- toucher du bois
- trouver visage de bois
- volée de bois vert
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
bois
- inflection of boire:
Further reading
- “bois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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bois
Noun
bois
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bois | bhois | mbois |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Etymology
From buis.
Noun
bois
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bois oblique singular, m (oblique plural bois, nominative singular bois, nominative plural bois)
Derived terms
Descendants
- 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
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Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bois
Noun
bois
Etymology
From buis.
Noun
boís
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
bois (possessive bostru)
See also
- nois (“we”)
Noun
bois
Usage notes
- Also used as nominative.
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