buxo

== Asturian == === Adjective === buxo neuter of buxu == Galician == === Alternative forms === boxe, buxe === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin buxus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbuʃʊ] === Noun === buxo m (plural buxos) box (Buxus sempervirens) boxwood shaft of a watermill, which transmits the movement from the wheel to the running millstone 1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Afonso (1434), doc. 215: ==== Derived terms ==== forte coma un buxo ==== Related terms ==== buxa buxaina === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “buxo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “buxo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “buxo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “buxo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “buxo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “buxo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “buxo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from English box, German Büchse. Also found in French boite. The use of -u- instead of -o- is to distinguish the word from boxo (“boxing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbu.kso/, /ˈbu.ɡzo/ === Noun === buxo (plural buxi) box ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Noun === buxō dative/ablative singular of buxus == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese buxo, from Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos). Cognate with Galician buxo, Spanish boj, Catalan boix, Occitan bois, French buis, Italian bosso, Romanian bucsău and English box. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bu‧xo === Noun === buxo m (plural buxos) box (any of various evergreen shrubs or trees) Synonyms: buxeiro, buxeira === Further reading === “buxo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “buxo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Venetan == === Noun === buxo m (plural buxi) hole (all the way through)