boisterous

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• /ˈbɔɪstəɹəs/
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• CMU ARPABET: B OY1 S T ER0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: B OY1 S T R AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English boistres, an alteration of Middle English boistous (“crude, unrefined”), of uncertain origin. Likely from Anglo-Norman boystous, bustous (“rough, in a crude state, disabled, paralysed, unable to walk, lame”), Old French boitous (“limping; having a rough, uneven surface”).

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: шумен (šumen) — full of energy; noisy
• Bulgarian: буен (buen) — full of energy; noisy
• Catalan: sorollós — full of energy; noisy
• Catalan: escandalós — full of energy; noisy
• Chinese Mandarin: 喧鬧的 (xuānnào de) — full of energy; noisy
• Chinese Mandarin: 愛鬧的 /爱闹的 (àinào de) — full of energy; noisy
• Chinese Mandarin: 狂歡的 /狂欢的 (kuánghuān de) — full of energy; noisy
• Chinese Mandarin: 狂暴的 (kuángbào de) — full of energy; noisy
• Chinese Mandarin: 猛烈的 (měngliè de) — full of energy; noisy
• Chinese Mandarin: 哄然的 (hōngrán de) — full of energy; noisy
• Czech: bouřlivý — full of energy; noisy
• Czech: rozpustilý — full of energy; noisy
• Dutch: driest — full of energy; noisy
• Esperanto: bruema — full of energy; noisy
• Finnish: äänekäs — full of energy; noisy
• Finnish: remuisa — full of energy; noisy
• French: bruyant — full of energy; noisy
• French: tapageur — full of energy; noisy
• Galician: ruidoso — full of energy; noisy
• German: ungestüm — full of energy; noisy
• German: ausgelassen — full of energy; noisy
• German: lebendig — full of energy; noisy
• German: lebhaft — full of energy; noisy
• German: agitiert — full of energy; noisy
• German: laut — full of energy; noisy
• German: polternd — full of energy; noisy
• Ancient Greek: λάβρος (lábros) — full of energy; noisy
• Italian: esuberante — full of energy; noisy
• Italian: chiassoso — full of energy; noisy
• Japanese: 騒々しい (sōzōshii) — full of energy; noisy
• Japanese: 喧しい (yakamashii) — full of energy; noisy
• Japanese: うるさい (urusai) — full of energy; noisy
• Japanese: 賑やかな (nigiyaka na) — full of energy; noisy
• Korean: 떠들썩하다 (tteodeulsseokhada) — full of energy; noisy
• Latin: bacchabundus — full of energy; noisy
• Macedonian: бу́чен (búčen) — full of energy; noisy
• Macedonian: бу́ен (búen) — full of energy; noisy
• Macedonian: жив (živ) — full of energy; noisy
• Macedonian: шу́мен (šúmen) — full of energy; noisy
• Māori: tarakaka — full of energy; noisy
• Plautdietsch: lud — full of energy; noisy
• Polish: hałaśliwy — full of energy; noisy
• Portuguese: ruidoso — full of energy; noisy
• Russian: шу́мный (šúmnyj) — full of energy; noisy
• Russian: бу́рный (búrnyj) — full of energy; noisy
• Russian: бу́йный (bújnyj) — full of energy; noisy
• Russian: шумли́вый (šumlívyj) — full of energy; noisy
• Serbo-Croatian: bučan — full of energy; noisy
• Serbo-Croatian: razigran — full of energy; noisy
• Serbo-Croatian: neobuzdan — full of energy; noisy
• Spanish: bullicioso — full of energy; noisy
• Spanish: embullador — full of energy; noisy
• Spanish: bullero — full of energy; noisy
• Tày: bjào bjào — full of energy; noisy
• Ukrainian: гомінливий (hominlyvyj) — full of energy; noisy
• Vietnamese: ầm ầm — full of energy; noisy
• Bulgarian: бурен (buren) — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Czech: bouřlivý — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Czech: divoký — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Czech: rozbouřený — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Czech: nevázaný — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Dutch: stormachtig — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Finnish: riehakas — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• French: turbulent — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• French: agité — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Galician: salvaxe — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• German: stürmisch — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• German: tosend — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• German: wild — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• German: ungestüm — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• German: aufrührerisch — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Ancient Greek: λάβρος (lábros) — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Italian: turbolento — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Italian: tempestoso — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Kazakh: тулағыш (tulağyş) — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Korean: 격렬하다 (gyeongnyeolhada) — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Macedonian: бу́рен (búren) — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Māori: tūperepere — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Māori: tuarangaranga — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Portuguese: tumultuoso — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Russian: бу́рный (búrnyj) — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Russian: бу́йный (bújnyj) — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Russian: неи́стовый (neístovyj) — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Swedish: stormig — characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy
• Czech: divoký — having or resembling animal exuberance
• Galician: salvaxe — having or resembling animal exuberance
• Kazakh: тулағыш (tulağyş) — having or resembling animal exuberance
• Polish: dziki — having or resembling animal exuberance
• Polish: zwierzęcy — having or resembling animal exuberance