buis

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) pipe, duct
2. (feminine, slang) television

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of buizen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of buizen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of buizen:

Concepts

tube

pipe

jacket

duct

barrel

nozzle

channel

conduit

hit

hose

jerkin

lubber

nitwit

noddy

numskull

oaf

pipeline

rod

smoking pipe

stem

tubing

valve

straightjacket

television

📺

suit jacket

blazer

box

📦

bozo

canal

cylinder

fathead

galoot

Synonyms

pijp

steel

kanaal

loop

roer

jasje

leiding

colbert

borstrok

tuba

pijpleiding

tabakspijp

televisie

📺

televisietoestel

channel

leider

tube

overloopventiel

informatiestroom

rietje

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bœy̯s/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch buse, of uncertain origin, plausibly representing an umlauted byform *beusju of Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush, bentgrass”) which gives Dutch bies. For the "television" sense, compare English tube.

Sentences

De zuurstof was ontsnapt uit de buis .

The oxygen had escaped from the tube.