bosch

See also: Bosch, Bösch, bos-ch, and bös-ch

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔs
• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

Noun

bosch

1. Obsolete spelling of bos.

Ladin

Etymology

From Late Latin busca, *buscus or boscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (whence also came Old High German busk and English bush).

Noun

bosch m (plural bòsc)

1. (Gherdëina) wood, forest

   Se pierder tl bosch.

   To get lost in the wood.

   Bosch da odla

   Coniferous forest

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian bosco, of West Germanic origin. Compare English bush.

Noun

bosch

1. wood, forest

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

bosch m or n

1. forest, wood

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• busch

Descendants

• Dutch: bos, bosch (obsolete)
  • Afrikaans: bos
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: bosi
  • Negerhollands: boesch, bosch
  • → Aukan: bosu
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bos (bunch, bundle)
  • → English: bush
    • → Dutch: bush, bushbush
  • →? Guyanese Creole English: bush
  • → Indonesian: bos
  • → Papiamentu: bòshi, bosji (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: bosu (bunch, bundle)
  • → Sranan Tongo: busi (forest)
    • → Caribbean Javanese: busi
    • → Kwinti: busi
    • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: busi
• Limburgish: bósj
• West Flemish: bus

Further reading

• “bosc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bosch”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Piedmontese

Etymology

Vulgar Latin boscus, from Germanic *busk

Noun

bosch

1. wood

   na tàula `d bòsch

   a table of wood

2. timber