bois

bois

1. plural of boi

• BIOS, Ibos, bios, obis, sibo

From Middle French bois, boys, boiz, from Old French bosc, bois, from Late Latin boscus or Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, *busc, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”). Compare Italian bosco, Spanish bosque, and English bush.

• IPA^(key): /bwɑ/, /bwa/

bois m (plural bois)

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

• hautbois
• sous-bois

• buisson

From the verb boire.

• IPA^(key): /bwa/
• Homophone: boit

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

• bios

• “bois” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

bois

1. inflection of bos:
   1. dative singular
   2. dual all cases

• bosc

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

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

1. woodland; woods

• buison
• boschage

• 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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbojʃ/

bois

1. Masculine plural of noun boi.

bois

1. dative singular of bas

• Also used as nominative.