bois
Meaning
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- wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree)
- wood (wood of a particular species of tree)
- wood, woodland (forested or wooded area)
- antler (branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs)
- woodwind instrument, woodwind
- wooden engraving, woodcut
- wood (type of club)
- hull
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bwa/
Etymology
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.
Cognate with Spanish
bosque
Cognate with Portuguese
bosque
Cognate with Dutch
bos
Cognate with English
bush
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Sentences
De manière générale , la construction 🚧 est le premier 1st débouché du bois 🪵 en France .
🚧
1st
🪵
In general, construction is the first outlet for wood in France.