Translingual

Boa constrictor

Proper noun

Boa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Boidae – the boa constrictors.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - suborder; Booidea - superfamily; Boidae - family; Boinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Boa constrictor - sole species

German

Noun

Boa f ‎(genitive Boa, plural Boas)

1. boa

Declension

Plautdietsch

Noun

Boa m ‎(plural Boare)

1. bear

Noun

Boa n ‎(plural Boasch)

1. drill
2. auger

English

Boa constrictor

Noun

boa ‎(plural boas or boae)

1. Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico, and the chevalier boa of Peru.
2. (plural "boas") A type of scarf typically made from feathers.

Translations

See also

• boa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• boa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• abo, ABO
• AOB, a.o.b.
• bao
• oba, Oba.

Dutch

Noun

boa f, m ‎(plural boa's, diminutive [please provide])

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

Esperanto

Adjective

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

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bo‧a
• IPA^(key): /ˈbo̞ːɑ/

Noun

boa

1. boa (snake)

Declension

Compounds

• boakäärme
• kuningasboa
• smaragdipuuboa

Anagrams

• abo

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.a/

Noun

boa m ‎(plural boas)

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

Italian

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

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.

Verb

boā

1. first-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, 1883–1887)

Polish

Etymology 1

From Latin boa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.a/

Noun

boa m anim ‎(indeclinable)

1. boa (snake)

Etymology 2

From French boa, from Latin boa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.a/

Noun

boa n ‎(indeclinable)

1. boa (feather boa)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ɐ/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese bõa, from Latin bona, feminine of bonus ‎(“good”).

Adjective

boa f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective bom.

Derived terms

• numa boa

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

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

Noun

boa f (plural boas)

1. boa (any snake of the Boa genus)

Synonyms

• jiboia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.a/

Noun

boa m ‎(plural boas)

1. boa (snake)

Swedish

Noun

boa c

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

Declension

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French pourboire

Pronunciation

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

Verb

boa

1. to leave a tip to; to tip (to give gratuity)

Derived terms

• tiền boa ("tip")