bosco

See also: Bosco

French

Etymology

From boscot, from bossu (“hunchback”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs.ko/

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Noun

bosco m (plural boscos)

1. (nautical) boatswain, skipper

Further reading

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

Italian

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).

Compare Spanish and Portuguese bosque, French bois, Friulian bosc, Dalmatian buasc, Occitan boscs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.sko/
• Rhymes: -ɔsko
• Hyphenation: bò‧sco

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Noun

bosco m (plural boschi)

1. woodland

Related terms

• boscaglia
• boscaiolo
• boschereccio
• boschetto
• boschivo
• boscosità
• boscoso
• imboscare
• imboscarsi
• imboschire
• rimboschimento
• rimboschire

 

See also

• foresta
• selva

Further reading

• bosco on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbos.koː/, [ˈbɔs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbos.ko/, [ˈbɔsko]

Noun

boscō

1. dative/ablative singular of boscus