bois

== English == === Noun === bois plural of boi === Anagrams === BIOS, Ibos, SIBO, bios, obis, sibo == French == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle French boys, from Old French bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bwa/ ~ /bwɑ/ ==== Noun ==== bois m (countable and uncountable, invariable) (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 ===== ===== Related terms ===== buisson === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bwa/ Homophone: boit ==== Verb ==== bois inflection of boire: first/second-person singular present indicative second-person singular present imperative === Further reading === “bois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === bios == Galician == === Noun === bois plural of boi == Irish == === Noun === bois inflection of bos: dative singular dual all cases === Mutation === == Maranao == === Etymology === From buis. === Noun === bois tax == Old French == === Alternative forms === bosc === Etymology === Inherited from Early Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboi̯s/ === Noun === bois oblique singular, m (oblique plural bois, nominative singular bois, nominative plural bois) woodland; woods ==== Derived terms ==== buison boschage ==== Descendants ==== Bourguignon: boo Bourbonnais-Berrichon: bou Middle French: bois, boys, boiz French: bois Haitian Creole: bwa 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 Middle French: bouquet, boucquet French: bouquet → English: bouquet Gallo: bóqèt Norman: boûquet Picard: bouqueû, bouqueut Walloon: boukèt == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bois === Noun === bois plural of boi == Sambali == === Etymology === From buis. === Noun === boís tax == Sardinian == === Alternative forms === vois === Etymology === From Latin vōbīs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbois/, [ˈboː.i.zĭ] === Pronoun === bois (possessive bostru) you (plural), ye Synonyms: bos, bosateros === See also === nois (“we”) == Scottish Gaelic == === Noun === bois dative singular of bas ==== Usage notes ==== Also used as nominative.