bosc

See also: Bosc, bòsc, bość, and bóść

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈbɔsk]

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Noun

bosc m (plural boscs or boscos)

1. forest; wood; woods

Derived terms

• boscà
• boscat
• boscós
• boscúria
• desboscar
• emboscar

 

See also

• selva

Further reading

• “bosc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bosc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bosc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bosc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *buscus or Late Latin boscus, from Frankish *busk, 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)

1. wood, forest

Synonyms

• selve

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English box.

Noun

bosc m (plural boscs)

1. (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)

1. wood; woods
   • 12th century, Jaufré Rudel, Lanquan lo temps renovelha

     E quand lo bosc reverdeya

     And when the woods become green again

Descendants

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