Translingual

Proper noun

Bois

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois (1856-1946).

English

Noun

bois

1. plural of boi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bwɑ/
• Homophone: boit

Etymology 1

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *boscus, from Frankish *busk, *busc, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‎(“bush, thicket”). Compare Italian bosco, Spanish bosque.

Noun

bois m ‎(plural bois)

1. wood (material)
2. wood, woodland
3. antler
4. woodwind

Derived terms

• hautbois
• sous-bois

Related terms

• buisson

Etymology 2

From the verb boire.

Verb

bois

1. first-person singular present indicative of boire
2. second-person singular present indicative of boire
3. Second-person singular present imperative of boire

Anagrams

• bios

Irish

Noun

bois

1. dative singular of bos
2. dual of bos

Mutation

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *boscus, from Frankish *busk, *busc, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‎(“bush, thicket”).

Noun

bois m ‎(oblique plural bois, nominative singular bois, nominative plural bois)

1. woodland; woods

Derived terms

• buison

Descendants

• French: bois
• Gallo: boueil
• Norman: bouais

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbojʃ/

Noun

bois

1. Masculine plural of noun boi.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bois

1. dative singular of bas

Usage notes

• Also used as nominative.