Bos in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Bos

You can make 7 words from 'bos' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'bos'
• 2 letters words from 'bos'

3 letters words from 'bos'

BOS 5	OBS 5
SOB 5

2 letters words from 'bos'

BO 4	OB 4
OS 2	SO 2

Definitions and meaning of bos

bos

Noun

bos

1. plural of bo

Anagrams

• BSO, OBs, OSB, Obs, SOB, obs, sob

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bos, from Middle Dutch bosch, busch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

Noun

bos (plural bosse, diminutive bossie)

1. wood, forest
2. bush, shrub
3. bunch, bundle, sheaf, bouquet

Derived terms

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin vos. Cognate to Spanish os and French vous.

Pronoun

bos

1. you (second-person plural direct pronoun)
2. (to) you (second-person plural indirect pronoun)

Synonyms

• tos

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Cornish

Alternative forms

• bones

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːz/

Verb

bos

1. to be

Conjugation

Mutation

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbos]

Adverb

bos

1. (literary) barefoot, barefooted

Synonyms

• bosky

Related terms

• bosý

Further reading

• bos in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bos in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dalmatian

Etymology 1

Possibly from Latin buxus (“box tree”).

Noun

bos m

1. oak tree

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

bos m

1. thigh, hind quarters

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Danish

Noun

bos n

1. indefinite genitive singular of bo

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• bosch (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/
• Hyphenation: bos
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

bos n (plural bossen, diminutive bosje n)

1. wood, forest

   Zij ging wandelen in de bossen.

   She went walking in the woods.

Noun

bos m (plural bossen, diminutive bosje n)

1. bouquet, cluster, bunch

   Hij bracht een bosje bloemen mee.

   He brought me a bouquet of flowers.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bos
• → English: bush
  • → Dutch: bush, bushbush
• → Indonesian: bos

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).

Noun

bos m (plural bos)

1. box (tree)
2. boxwood

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Galician

Adjective

bos

1. masculine plural of bo

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese vos. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bo.

Pronoun

bos

1. you (plural second person)

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔs]
• Hyphenation: bos

Etymology 1

From Dutch bos (“cluster, bunch”), from Middle Dutch bosch, busch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

bos (plural, first-person possessive bosku, second-person possessive bosmu, third-person possessive bosnya)

1. cluster, bunch.

Etymology 2

From English boss, from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô, masculine form of Proto-Germanic *baswǭ (“father's sister, aunt, cousin”). Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”) (> Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”)), Old High German basa ("father's sister, cousin"; > German Base (“aunt, cousin”)).

Noun

bos (plural bos-bos, first-person possessive bosku, second-person possessive bosmu, third-person possessive bosnya)

1. boss, leader, head.

Further reading

• “bos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Irish

Alternative forms

• bas

Etymology

From Old Irish bas, bos (“palm”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosto-, *gʷosdʰo- (“branch”).

Noun

bos f (genitive singular boise, nominative plural bosa)

1. (anatomy) palm of the hand

   Synonym: dearna

2. (hurling) the flattened, curved end of a hurley

Declension

• Dual: dhá bhois

Mutation

References

• "bos" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 bas”, in Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors, eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, 2019

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Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese vós (“ye”), from Old Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs (“ye”).

Pronoun

bos

1. you; thou (second-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

References

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Ladino

Noun

bos f (Latin spelling, plural bozes)

1. Alternative form of boz

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Oscan-Umbrian, most likely Sabellic (South Picene) (vs. expected Latin **ūs ~ **vōs), from Proto-Italic *gʷōs; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws, which also gave Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Sanskrit गो (go) (nominative singular gaús), and English cow.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /boːs/, [boːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bos/, [bɔs]

Noun

bōs m or f (irregular, genitive bovis); third declension

1. a cow, bull, or ox
2. (in the plural) cattle (bovine animals)

Declension

Third-declension noun (irregular).

Synonyms

• cornigera pl
• iumentum (when used to pull carts); armentum (when used to pull plows)

Hypernyms

• iumenta (when used to pull carts); armenta (when used to pull plows)

Hyponyms

• taurus m
• vacca f

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• bos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• bos in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
• bos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• bos in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• boss

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːs/

Noun

bos n (definite singular boset, uncountable)

1. garbage, rubbish, waste
2. straw for or from a strawbed

Further reading

• “bos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bansaz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”). Cognates include Old English *bōs, Old Saxon *bōs and Old Norse báss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːs/

Noun

bōs m

1. stall, byre

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: Buus
• West Frisian: bús

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H., An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2009, →ISBN

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Sardinian

Alternative forms

• vos

Etymology

From Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique case forms of Proto-Indo-European *yū́ (“you”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

Pronoun

bos (possessive bostru)

1. you (plural), ye

   Synonym: bois, bosateros

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːs/

Adjective

bȏs (definite bȏsī, Cyrillic spelling бо̑с)

1. barefoot

Declension

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóːs/, /bɔ́s/

Adjective

bȍs or bòs (not comparable)

1. barefoot

Inflection

Further reading

• “bos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU‎^[1], portal Fran

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Swedish

Noun

bos

1. indefinite genitive singular of bo

Verb

bos

1. infinitive passive of bo.
2. present tense passive of bo.

Synonyms

• bebos

Anagrams

• obs

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English boss

Noun

bos

1. boss; overseer; master

Synonyms

• masta

Related terms

• bosim

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Volapük

Pronoun

bos

1. something

Declension

Source: wiktionary.org

• BO, a pal, a buddy.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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