bois

Signification

Noun

1. wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree)
2. wood (wood of a particular species of tree)
3. wood, woodland (forested or wooded area)
4. antler (branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs)
5. woodwind instrument, woodwind
6. wooden engraving, woodcut
7. wood (type of club)
8. hull

Verb

1. inflection of boire:
2. inflection of boire:

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bwa/

Étymologie

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

Phrases

Un vieil escalier de bois occupe la tour ronde du Sud .

An old wooden staircase occupies the southern round tower.

Il réside dans les bois de conifères .

It resides in coniferous woods.

De manière générale , la construction est le premier débouché du bois en France .

In general, construction is the first outlet for wood in France.

Adore , et qu’autour d’eux le bois frémit ! si bien

Worship, and that around them the wood trembles! so well

C’était le dernier édifice de la ville à posséder des pans de bois .

It was the last building in the city to have sections of wood.

Le devant est peint sur bois , à tempera, avec des dorures et des stucs .

The front is painted on wood, in tempera, with gilding and stucco.

Plante poussant dans les prairies , les bois clairs ou les landes .

Plant growing in meadows, clear woods or moors.

Ensuite , dans les processions, il lui était substitué un simulacre en bois de figuier .

Then, in the processions, it was replaced by a fig wood simulacrum.