boce

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbo.t͡ʃe/ Rhymes: -otʃe Hyphenation: bó‧ce === Noun === boce f (plural boci) (archaic, Tuscany) alternative form of voce === Anagrams === cebo == Lower Sorbian == === Alternative forms === boku === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔt͡sɛ/, [ˈbɔt͡sə] === Noun === boce locative singular of bok == Old English == === Noun === bōce genitive singular of bōc == Old French == === Alternative forms === boche (Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French) === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *bottia (“bump”), a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *bottja (“knob”), related to Old High German bozzan (“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to push, strike”) === Noun === boce oblique singular, m (oblique plural boces, nominative singular boces, nominative plural boce) swelling (for example, due to injury or illness) ==== Derived terms ==== ? caboce (“cabbage”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: bosseFrench: bosse → Middle English: bos, bose, boce English: boss Scots: boss, bos === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (boce, supplement) == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === boce (Cyrillic spelling боце) inflection of boca: nominative/accusative/vocative plural genitive singular