boisterous

English

Etymology

From Middle English boistres, an alteration of Middle English boistous, from Anglo-Norman bustous (“rough”), perhaps from Old French boitous (“noisy”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪstəɹəs/
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Adjective

boisterous (comparative more boisterous, superlative most boisterous)

Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.
Having or resembling animal exuberance.

Translations

full of energy; noisy

Bulgarian: шумен (bg) (šumen), буен (bg) (buen)
Catalan: sorollós (ca) m, escandalós m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 喧鬧的 (zh), 喧闹的 (zh) (xuānnào de), 愛鬧的, 爱闹的 (àinào de), 狂歡的 (zh), 狂欢的 (zh) (kuánghuān de), 狂暴的 (zh) (kuángbào de), 猛烈的 (zh) (měngliè de), 哄然的 (zh) (hōngrán de)
Dutch: driest (nl)
Esperanto: bruema
Finnish: äänekäs (fi), remuisa
French: bruyant (fr), tapageur (fr)
German: ungestüm (de), ausgelassen (de), lebendig (de), lebhaft (de), agitiert (de), laut (de), polternd (de)
Greek:
Ancient: λάβρος (lábros)

Italian: esuberante (it), chiassoso (it)
Japanese: 騒々しい (そうぞうしい, sōzōshii), 喧しい (やかましい, yakamashii), うるさい (ja) (urusai), 賑やかな (にぎやかな, nigiyaka na)
Korean: 떠들썩하다 (ko) (tteodeulsseokhada)
Maori: tarakaka
Polish: hałaśliwy (pl) m
Portuguese: ruidoso (pt)
Russian: шу́мный (ru) (šúmnyj), бу́рный (ru) (búrnyj), бу́йный (ru) (bújnyj), шумли́вый (ru) (šumlívyj)
Serbo-Croatian: bučan (sh) m, razigran (sh), neobuzdan (sh)
Spanish: ruidoso (es) m, escandaloso m

characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy

Bulgarian: бурен (bg) (buren)
Dutch: stormachtig (nl)
Finnish: riehakas (fi)
French: turbulent (fr) m, turbulente (fr) f
German: stürmisch (de), tosend (de), wild (de), ungestüm (de), aufrührerisch (de)
Greek:
Ancient: λάβρος (lábros)

Italian: turbolento (it), tempestoso
Korean: 격렬하다 (ko) (gyeongnyeolhada)
Maori: tūperepere, tuarangaranga (of the sea)
Portuguese: tumultuoso (pt)
Russian: бу́рный (ru) (búrnyj), бу́йный (ru) (bújnyj), неи́стовый (ru) (neístovyj) (of force, weather)
Spanish: salvaje (es)
Swedish: stormig (sv)

having or resembling animal exuberance

Spanish: salvaje (es)

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Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} fyrirgangssamur m, ^{(please verify)} hávaðasamur m

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