boira

See also: boirā

Aragonese

Noun

boira f

1. cloud

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin boreās, from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔj.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɔj.ɾa]

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Noun

boira f (plural boires)

1. fog
2. mist

Derived terms

• boirar-se
• boirenc
• boirina
• boirós (adjective)
• boirum
• emboirar
• escampar la boira

Further reading

• “boira” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bwa.ʁa/

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Verb

boira

1. third-person singular future of boire

   Le roi boira demain, tout le monde le sait.

   The king will drink tomorrow, everyone knows it.

Anagrams

• robai

Galician

Alternative forms

• boura

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From Latin boreās, from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔjɾa̝/

Noun

boira f (plural boiras)

1. fog, drizzle
2. puddle created by rain on crop fields

References

1. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “boira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
2. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “boira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Alternative forms

• boria

Etymology

Borrowed, via Aragonese boira, from Catalan boira, from Latin boreās (“north wind”), from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboiɾa/ [ˈboi̯.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oiɾa
• Syllabification: boi‧ra

Noun

boira f (plural boiras)

1. fog

   Synonym: niebla

Further reading

• “boira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “boira”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 614