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boa
English
Etymology
From Middle English boa, from Latin boa (“large snake”), a species of serpent mentioned in Pliny's Naturalis Historia (Natural History).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b??.?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?bo?.?/
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
boa (plural boas or boae or (obsolete) boæ)
- Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico.
- (plural "boas") A type of scarf typically made from feathers.
Translations
See also
- boa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Boa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
- A/B/O, ABO, AOB, Abo, BAO, Bao, OAB, OBA, Oba., a.o.b., abo, bao, oba
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin boa (“large snake”).
Noun
boa f (plural boes)
- boa (snake)
Further reading
- “boa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “boa” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “boa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “boa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology
From Latin boa (“large snake”).
Noun
boa c (singular definite boaen, plural indefinite boaer)
- boa (snake)
- boa (item of clothing)
Declension
Synonyms
- boaslange
Derived terms
- boaslange
- fjerboa
- kongeboa
References
- “boa” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch boa, from Latin boa. The use for scarf derived from French boa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bo?.a?/
- Hyphenation: boa
- Rhymes: -o?a?
Noun
boa m (plural boa's, diminutive boaatje n)
- boa, snake of the genus Boa
- fur or plumed scarf, boa
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: boa
Esperanto
Etymology
From bo- +? -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?boa/
- Hyphenation: bo?a
- Rhymes: -oa
Adjective
boa (accusative singular boan, plural boaj, accusative plural boajn)
- Related by marriage (rarely used; bo- is usually a prefix).
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bo.?/, [?bo?.?]
- IPA(key): /?bo??/, [?bo???]
- Rhymes: -o.?
- Syllabification: bo?a
Noun
boa
- boa (snake)
Declension
Compounds
- boakäärme
- kuningasboa
- smaragdipuuboa
Anagrams
- abo
French
Etymology
From Latin boa (“large snake”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?.a/
Noun
boa m (plural boas)
- boa (snake)
- boa (scarf)
Further reading
- “boa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology 1
From Latin boa (“large snake”).
Noun
boa f (plural boas)
- boa (snake)
- boa (scarf)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
boa
- feminine singular of bo
Further reading
- “boa” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch boa, from Middle Dutch boa, from Latin boa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?boa?]
- Hyphenation: boa
Noun
boa (first-person possessive boaku, second-person possessive boamu, third-person possessive boanya)
- boa, snake of the genus Boa
- fur or plumed scarf, boa
Further reading
- “boa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin boa
Noun
boa m (invariable)
- boa (snake)
- boa (scarf)
Noun
boa f (plural boe)
- buoy
Katembri
Noun
boa
- moon
References
- ?estmír Loukotka, ?Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 88-89
Latin
Etymology
First mentioned by Pliny, of unknown origin. Folk etymology connected it to Ancient Greek ???? (boûs, “ox”).
Noun
boa f (genitive boae); first declension
- A large snake native to Roman Italy.
- A disease, the measles or smallpox.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Verb
bo?
- second-person singular present active imperative of bo?
References
- boa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- boa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Lindu
Noun
boa
- lie; falsehood
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
boa m (definite singular boaen, indefinite plural boaer, definite plural boaene)
- boa
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
boa m (definite singular boaen, indefinite plural boaer or boaar, definite plural boaene or boaane)
- boa
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?.a/
Etymology 1
From Latin boa.
Noun
boa m anim (indeclinable)
- boa (snake)
Etymology 2
From French boa, from Latin boa.
Noun
boa n (indeclinable)
- feather boa
Further reading
- boa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bo.?/
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese bõa, from Latin bona, feminine of bonus (“good”).
Adjective
boa
- feminine singular of bom
Derived terms
- boa noite
- boa tarde
- numa boa
- embora (from "em boa hora")
- boa gente / gente boa
- boa vida / vida boa
- de boa
- boas
Noun
boa f (plural boas)
- an interesting story, joke or news
Interjection
boa!
- good one!, well done!, all right! (expresses approval, applause or admiration)
Etymology 2
From New Latin Boa, from Latin boa (“large Italian snake species”).
Noun
boa f (plural boas)
- boa (any snake of the Boa genus)
- Synonym: jiboia
Further reading
- “boa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French boa
Noun
boa m (uncountable)
- boa constrictor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin boa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?boa/, [?bo.a]
Noun
boa f (plural boas)
- boa (snake)
- boa (scarf made from feathers)
Further reading
- “boa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin boa
Noun
boa c
- boa (snake)
- boa (scarf)
Declension
Vietnamese
Etymology
From French pourboire (“tip”, literally “fordrink”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [??wa???]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [??wa???]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [??wa???]
Verb
boa
- to leave a tip; to give gratuity
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boae
English
Etymology
From Latin boae, plural of boa.
Noun
boae
- plural of boa
Anagrams
- obea
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