bocoi

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bocoy, from French boucaut (“wineskin”), from French bouc (“buck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈkɔj]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [boˈkɔj]

Noun

bocoi m (plural bocois)

1. a cask with a capacity between 500 and 700 liters

   Synonyms: tona, tonell

Further reading

• “bocoi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

19th century. From French boucaut (“wineskin”), from French bouc (“buck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boˈkoi̯], [boˈkɔi̯]

Noun

bocoi m (plural bocois)

1. cask with a capacity of 400 to 800 l

Related terms

• buxeu

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bocoi”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bocoi”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bocoi”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN