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3-letter words (4 found)

ABO,BAO,BOA,OBA,

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AB,BA,BO,OB,

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Definitions and meaning of boa

boa

Etymology

From Middle English boa, from Latin boa (“large snake”), a species of serpent mentioned in Pliny's Naturalis Historia (Natural History). The scarf was named attributively, for its resemblance to the snake when worn.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊ.ə/, (obsolete) /bɔː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊ.ə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊə

Noun

boa (plural boas)

  1. 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.
  2. (plural "boas") A type of long scarf; typically made from synthetic or real feathers (or occasionally fur), and usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck.

Derived terms

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

Borrowed from Latin boa (“large snake”). Doublet of boà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔ.ə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈbo.a]

Noun

boa f (plural boes)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. scaly dragonfish (Stomias boa boa)
    Synonym: boa marina

Derived terms

  • boa constrictora

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, 2024
  • “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)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. 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): /ˈboː.aː/
  • Hyphenation: boa
  • Rhymes: -oːaː

Noun

boa m (plural boa's, diminutive boaatje n)

  1. boa, snake of the genus Boa
  2. fur or plumed scarf, boa

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: boa

Esperanto

Etymology

From bo- +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈboa]
  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Hyphenation: bo‧a

Adjective

boa (accusative singular boan, plural boaj, accusative plural boajn)

  1. Related by marriage (rarely used; bo- is usually a prefix).

Fala

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboa/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese voda (“wedding”), from Latin vōta (“vows”).

Alternative forms

  • boda (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

  1. (Mañegu) wedding

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish boa, from Latin boa.

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

  1. boa

Etymology 3

Adjective

boa

  1. feminine singular of bo (“good”)

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin boa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbo.ɑ/, [ˈbo̞.ɑ̝]
  • IPA(key): /ˈboːɑ/, [ˈbo̞ːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -o.ɑ
  • Syllabification(key): bo‧a

Noun

boa

  1. boa (snake)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “boa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • abo

French

Etymology

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ.a/

Noun

boa m (plural boas)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. boa (scarf)

Derived terms

  • boa constricteur

Further reading

  • “boa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin boa (“large snake”).

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. boa (scarf)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

boa

  1. 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): [ˈboa̯]
  • Hyphenation: boa

Noun

boa (first-person possessive boaku, second-person possessive boamu, third-person possessive boanya)

  1. boa, snake of the genus Boa
  2. fur or plumed scarf, boa

Further reading

  • “boa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin boa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɔa
  • Hyphenation: bò‧a

Noun

boa m (invariable)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. boa (scarf)

Noun

boa f (plural boe)

  1. buoy

Katembri

Noun

boa

  1. moon

References

  • Čestmír 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 1

First mentioned by Pliny, of unknown origin. Folk etymology connected it to Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox”).

Noun

boa f (genitive boae); first declension

  1. A large snake native to Roman Italy.
  2. A disease, the measles or smallpox.
Declension

First-declension noun.

Etymology 2

Verb

boā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of boō

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lindu

Noun

boa

  1. lie; falsehood

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

boa m (definite singular boaen, indefinite plural boaer, definite plural boaene)

  1. boa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

boa m (definite singular boaen, indefinite plural boaer or boaar, definite plural boaene or boaane)

  1. boa

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French boa, from Latin boa. First attested in 1836.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɔa
  • Syllabification: bo‧a

Noun

boa m animal (indeclinable)

  1. boa (snake)
    duży boa ― a large boa
    niewielki boa ― a small boa
    kilkumetrowy boa ― a boa a few meters long
    wygłodzony boa ― a starving boa
    wąż boa ― a boa snake
    cielsko boa ― a boa carcass

Noun

boa n (indeclinable)

  1. boa
    futrzane boa ― a furry boa
    pierzaste boa ― a feather boa
    puchowe boa ― a down boa
    wyłysiałe boa ― a featherless boa
    boa z piór ― a boa made of feathers
    boa ze strusich piór ― a boa made of ostrich feathers
    szal z boa ― a scarf and boa
    poprawiać boa ― a to fix a boa
    włożyć na szyję boa ― to wrap a boa around one's neck
    owinięty boa ― wrapped in a boa

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • boa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • boa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bo‧a

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese bõa, from Latin bona, feminine of bonus (“good”). Cognate with Galician boa.

Adjective

boa

  1. feminine singular of bom
Derived terms
  • boa noite
  • boa tarde
  • numa boa
  • embora (from "em boa hora")
  • boa gente / gente boa
  • de boa
  • boas

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

  1. an interesting story, joke or news

Interjection

boa!

  1. good one!, well done!, all right! (expresses approval, applause or admiration)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from New Latin Boa, from Latin boa (“large Italian snake species”).

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

  1. boa (any snake of the Boa genus)
    Synonym: jiboia

Further reading

  • “boa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French boa.

Noun

boa m (uncountable)

  1. boa constrictor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin boa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboa/ [ˈbo.a]
  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Syllabification: bo‧a

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

  1. boa (snake)
  2. 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

  1. boa (snake)
  2. boa (scarf)

Declension

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French pourboire (“tip”, literally “for-drink”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓwaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓwaː˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓwaː˧˧]

Verb

boa

  1. to leave a tip; to give gratuity
    tiền boa ― a tip

Anagrams

  • bao

Source: wiktionary.org