buis

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch buis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœis/

• Audio:

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Noun

buis (plural buise, diminutive buisie)

1. tube, duct, pipe

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯s/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: buis
• Rhymes: -œy̯s

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch buse, of uncertain origin, plausibly representing an umlauted byform *beusju of Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush, bentgrass”) which gives Dutch bies. For the "television" sense, compare English tube.

Noun

buis f (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)

1. pipe, duct
2. (slang) television

Derived terms

• beeldbuis
• buisbloem
• buislamp
• buiszwam
• elektronenbuis
• kijkbuis
• peilbuis
• reageerbuis
• rioolbuis
• spreekbuis
• tl-buis
• tunnelbuis
• zadelbuis

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: buis
• → Caribbean Javanese: bès, bèis
• → Indonesian: bis
• → West Frisian: buis

Etymology 2

Clipping of wambuis.

Noun

buis n (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)

1. (historical) gambeson
2. a type of coat or jacket
3. a type of blouse

Derived terms

• dwangbuis

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch buse, from Medieval Latin buscia, buza, buccia (possibly Middle Dutch loaned the Latin by way of Old French busse, buce); further etymology uncertain.

Noun

buis f (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)

1. (historical) a buss, a type of fishing vessel

Derived terms

• haringbuis

Descendants

• → English: buss

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

buis

1. inflection of buizen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bois, from Latin buxus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɥi/

• Audio:

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Noun

buis m (plural buis)

1. box (tree)
2. boxwood

Derived terms

• pyrale du buis

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• subi

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwis/ [ˈbwis]
• Hyphenation: bu‧is

Noun

buís

1. tax

Kapampangan

Etymology

Compare Tagalog buwis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwis/ [ˈbwis]
• Hyphenation: bu‧is

Noun

buís

1. tax

Verb

buís

1. to pay tax

Maguindanao

Noun

buís

1. tax

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch buis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯s/

Noun

buis c (plural buizen, diminutive buiske)

1. tube, pipe, duct

Further reading

• “buis (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011