bosc

See also: Bosc, bòsc, bość, and bóść

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan bosc, from Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (probably Frankish *busk).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔsk/

Noun

bosc m (plural boscs or boscos)

forest; wood; woods

See also

selva

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *buscus or Late Latin boscus, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (compare Old High German busk). Compare Spanish and Portuguese bosque, French bois, Catalan bosc, Dalmatian buasc, Occitan boscs.

Noun

bosc m (plural boscs)

wood, forest

Synonyms

selve

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English box.

Noun

bosc m (plural boscs)

(Jersey) box

Derived terms

bosc à ongliet (“mitre-box”)
bostchot (“basket, wastepaper basket”)

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

boiso, boscu

Etymology

From Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

bosc m (oblique plural boscs, nominative singular boscs, nominative plural bosc)

wood; woods
- 12th century, Jaufré Rudel, Lanquan lo temps renovelha
  E quand lo bosc reverdeya
  And when the woods become green again

Descendants

Catalan: bosc
Occitan:
- Gascon: bòsc (Aranais)
- Languedocien: bòsc
- Languedocien: bòsc
- Provençal: bos (Mistralienne), boasc (Niçois), bòsc (Occitane)
- Vivaro-Alpin: bòsc

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