bois
French
noun
Definitions
- wood (material)
- wood, woodland
- antler
- woodwind
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French bois inherited from Old French bois, bosc inherited from Latin boscus, *buscus derived from Frankish *busk (bush) derived from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (bush, thicket, woods, forest, heavy stick).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*buskaz
Gloss
bush, thicket, woods, forest, heavy stick
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
森
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Nutbush English
- bosk English
- bosky English
- brittlebush English
- buisson English
- burrobrush English
- bush English
- bush-hen English
- bushbaby English
- bushbash English
- bushboy English
- bushbuck English
- bushcamp English
- bushcat English
- bushcraft English
- bushcricket English
- busher English
- bushfighter English
- bushfighting English
- bushfire English
- bushfood English
- bushful English
- bushie English
- bushland English
- bushless English
- bushlike English
- bushly English
- bushman English
- bushmeat English
- bushperson English
- bushranger English
- bushranging English
- bushrue English
- bushtit English
- bushveld English
- bushwalk English
- bushwalker English
- bushwalking English
- bushwhack English
- bushwhacker English
- bushwillow English
- bushwoman English
- bushwork English
- bushy English
- buttonbush English
- cheval English
- creambush English
- embosk English
- flaxbush English
- hautbois English
- highbush English
- hobblebush English
- honeybush English
- hopbush English
- imbosk English
- jewbush English
- lowbush English
- maybush English
- mintbush English
- oboe English
- paperbush English
- pepperbush English
- rebuke English
- rebush English
- redbush English
- rosebush English
- saltbush English
- shadbush English
- silverbush English
- skunkbush English
- sloebush English
- smokebush English
- snowbush English
- spearbush English
- spicebush English
- squawbush English
- staggerbush English
- steeplebush English
- stinkbush English
- sugar bush English
- sugarbush English
- unbushlike English
- whortle bush English
- *boscaticum Latin
- *boscāticum Latin
- *buscus Latin
- *imbosco Latin
- boscus Latin
- busca Latin
- caballus Latin
- imboscō Latin
- boscaglia Italian
- boscaiolo Italian
- boscato Italian
- boschetto Italian
- boschivo Italian
- bosco Italian
- boscoso Italian
- cavallo Italian
- imboschire Italian
- oboe Italian
- sottobosco Italian
- biesbos Dutch, Flemish
- bos Dutch, Flemish
- bosanemoon Dutch, Flemish
- bosbedrijf Dutch, Flemish
- bosbes Dutch, Flemish
- bosbewoner Dutch, Flemish
- bosbouw Dutch, Flemish
- bosbrand Dutch, Flemish
- bosch, bos Dutch, Flemish
- boself Dutch, Flemish
- boshoen Dutch, Flemish
- boskoe Dutch, Flemish
- bosloos Dutch, Flemish
- bosmarmot Dutch, Flemish
- bosmeester Dutch, Flemish
- bosneger Dutch, Flemish
- bosnimf Dutch, Flemish
- bosrand Dutch, Flemish
- bosrijk Dutch, Flemish
- bosui Dutch, Flemish
- bosuil Dutch, Flemish
- boswachter Dutch, Flemish
- boswerker Dutch, Flemish
- bushbush Dutch, Flemish
- bussel Dutch, Flemish
- geriefbos Dutch, Flemish
- hobo Dutch, Flemish
- klimaatbos Dutch, Flemish
- miltvuurbos Dutch, Flemish
- naaldbos Dutch, Flemish
- oerbos Dutch, Flemish
- ooibos Dutch, Flemish
- pestbos Dutch, Flemish
- rooibos Dutch, Flemish
- schaambos Dutch, Flemish
- vederbos Dutch, Flemish
- Dubuisson French
- boisement French
- boiser French
- buisson French
- buissonnier French
- cheval French
- chevalerie French
- chevalet French
- chevalin French
- haut French
- hautbois French
- hautboïste French
- sous-bois French
- ébaucher French
- гобо́й Russian
- гобой Russian
- boscoso Spanish, Castilian
- bosque Spanish, Castilian
- guardabosques Spanish, Castilian
- oboe Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *buskaz Proto-Germanic
- obój Polish
- busc Old English
- bosk Middle English
- busch Middle English
- Buiseach Irish
- buskr Old Norse
- obo Danish
- bochet Old French
- bois Old French
- bois, bosc Old French
- buison Old French
- buissun Old French
- en- Old French
- ĉevalo Esperanto
- bos Indonesian
- bosch Middle Dutch
- kavalo Ido
- bos Afrikaans
- Bësch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- bois Middle French
- cheval Middle French
- *busk gmw-pro
- *busc Old Dutch
- bosc Occitan
- bòsc Occitan
- bosc Friulian
- *bosc Frankish
- *bosk Frankish
- *bosk, *busk Frankish
- *busc Frankish
- *busk Frankish
- *buska Frankish
- bosc Old Occitan
- bòsch Venetian
- boad Volapük
- boadik Volapük
- hijevod Volapük
- jeval Volapük
- jevod Volapük
- jijevod Volapük
- bus Tok Pisin
- busnaip Tok Pisin
- boscur Dalmatian
- buasc Dalmatian
- chwal Haitian, Haitian Creole
- chwal bwa Haitian, Haitian Creole
- dibwa Mauritian Creole
- seval Mauritian Creole
- busi Sranan Tongo
- soavaly Malagasy
- vosco Neapolitan
- boscu Corsican
- choal Louisiana Creole French
- dibwa Seychellois Creole
- seval Seychellois Creole
- chouval Antillean Creole
- yevari Ajië
- chovan Nyâlayu
- chopa Bwatoo