buis

Etymology

From Dutch buis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœis/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

buis (plural buise, diminutive buisie)

1. tube, duct, pipe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯s/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: buis
• Rhymes: -œy̯s

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch buse, of uncertain origin, plausibly representing an umlauted byform *beusju of Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush, bentgrass”) which gives Dutch bies. For the "television" sense, compare English tube.

Etymology 2

Clipping of wambuis.

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch buse, from Medieval Latin buscia, buza, buccia (possibly Middle Dutch loaned the Latin by way of Old French busse, buce); further etymology uncertain.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bois, from Latin buxus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɥi/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

buis m (plural buis)

1. box (tree)
2. boxwood

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• subi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwis/ [ˈbwis]
• Hyphenation: bu‧is

Noun

buís

1. tax

Etymology

Compare Tagalog buwis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwis/ [ˈbwis]
• Hyphenation: bu‧is

Noun

buís

1. tax

Verb

buís

1. to pay tax

Noun

buís

1. tax

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch buis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯s/

Noun

buis c (plural buizen, diminutive buiske)

1. tube, pipe, duct