boia

See also: BOIA and bóia

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French buie.

Pronunciation

Noun

boia f (plural boies)

  1. (nautical) buoy
Derived terms
Further reading

Verb

boia

  1. inflection of boiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Chibcha

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βoia/

Noun

boia

  1. arrowleaf elephant ear; Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Finnish

Noun

boia

  1. partitive plural of boa

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French buie, from Frankish *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (sign).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔja̝/

Noun

boia f (plural boias)

  1. buoy, floater

Derived terms

Further reading

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese boiar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bóia.

Verb

boia

  1. to float (in the water)

Italian

FWOTD – 21 June 2022

Etymology

From Latin boia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔja
  • Hyphenation: bò‧ia

Noun

boia m (invariable)

  1. executioner
  2. hangman (word game)
  3. villain, scoundrel
    • 1995, Niccolò Ammaniti, Rane e girini:
      Non erano soltanto motociclisti di periferia, ma boia insensibili assetati del suo sangue.
      They weren't just bikers from the outskirts, but ruthless executioners thirsty for his blood.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • boia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese boiar.

Verb

boia

  1. (Sotavento) to float

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βοείη (boeíē, ox hide), from βοῦς (boûs).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

boia f (genitive boiae); first declension

  1. fetter, collar for the neck

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative boia boiae
Genitive boiae boiārum
Dative boiae boiīs
Accusative boiam boiās
Ablative boiā boiīs
Vocative boia boiae

References

  1. Ayto, Word Origins

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔj.ɐ/ [ˈbɔɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔj.a/ [ˈbɔɪ̯.a]

  • Rhymes: -ɔjɐ
  • Hyphenation: boi‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French buie, boye, boue, from Frankish *baukn.

Alternative forms

Noun

boia f (plural boias)

  1. float; buoy
  2. (informal) meal
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Swahili: boya

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

boia

  1. inflection of boiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بویا (boya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈja/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ia

Noun

boia f (plural boiele)

  1. (Moldavia (region)) paint
  2. paprika (powder used as a spice)

Declension

Further reading

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