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🇫🇷 (un, le) bois (matière, matériau) [NM]
(un, le) bois (bosquet, forêt, ie. le bois de Vincennes) [NM]
de bois, en bois [ADJ]
Related term(s): celuloza, čok, deblo, deska, drevje, drevo, drva, gaj, gozd, hlod, mizarstvo, sekira, snov, štor, tnalo
IPA pronunciation: [bwɑ]
Grammar: [PLUR] des/les bois
Example(s) of use: « La Nouvelle Eco: la hausse des prix du bois d’œuvre inquiète les professionnels franc-comtois », France Bleu [🇫🇷] (24/03/2021)
Expressions, idioms: faire feu de tout bois [EXPR]
Literally meaning: [🇸🇮] “narediti ogenj iz vsakega kosa lesa”: dati vse od sebe, (streljati itd.) z vsemi topovi (uporabiti vsa razpoložljiva sredstva); [🇬🇧] “make fire from any piece of wood”: pull out all (of) the stops
Synonyms or related terms: arbre, billot, bûche, cellulose, essence, filière, grume, hache, matériau, menuiserie, planche, rondin, tronc, tronçon, végétal
Other meanings: 1. un bois (ramure des cervidés); 2. bois ! (boire [VI][VT][Imperative]): [🇸🇮] 1. jelenov/i rog/ovi, 2. pij! (piti); [🇬🇧] 1. antler(s), horn of deer/deer horn, 2. drink!
Pivot language: [🇬🇧] wood, wooden, timber, wooden [ADJ]
In other languages: [LAT] boscus
Additional infos:
Grammar: [PLUR] des/les bois
Example(s) of use: « La Nouvelle Eco: la hausse des prix du bois d’œuvre inquiète les professionnels franc-comtois », France Bleu [🇫🇷] (24/03/2021)
Expressions, idioms: faire feu de tout bois [EXPR]
Literally meaning: [🇸🇮] “narediti ogenj iz vsakega kosa lesa”: dati vse od sebe, (streljati itd.) z vsemi topovi (uporabiti vsa razpoložljiva sredstva); [🇬🇧] “make fire from any piece of wood”: pull out all (of) the stops
Synonyms or related terms: arbre, billot, bûche, cellulose, essence, filière, grume, hache, matériau, menuiserie, planche, rondin, tronc, tronçon, végétal
Other meanings: 1. un bois (ramure des cervidés); 2. bois ! (boire [VI][VT][Imperative]): [🇸🇮] 1. jelenov/i rog/ovi, 2. pij! (piti); [🇬🇧] 1. antler(s), horn of deer/deer horn, 2. drink!
Pivot language: [🇬🇧] wood, wooden, timber, wooden [ADJ]
In other languages: [LAT] boscus
Additional infos:
croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer (je jure) [EXPR] – [🇸🇮] priseči na … (mamo, sveto pismo, svoj meč itd.), prisežem!, majkemi ([LIT.] “lesen križ, železni križ, če lažem, grem v pekel”, [EXPR] – [🇬🇧] cross my heart and hope to die! [LIT.] “wooden cross, iron cross, if I lie, I go to hell”
toucher du bois [EXPR] – [🇸🇮] potrkati na les – [🇬🇧] touch wood, [🇺🇸] knock on wood