name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bosque
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: bŏsk
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Received-Pronunciation: /bɒsk/
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General-American: /bɑsk/
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rhymes with -ɒsk
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɒsˌkeɪ/
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General-American: /ˈbɑsˌkeɪ/
noun
Meaning 2
Rare spelling of bosk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, rare
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noun
Meaning 3
A gallery forest found growing along a river bank or on the flood plain of a watercourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southwestern, US
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History
Etymology
See bosk.
Borrowed from Spanish bosque (“forest”), from Late Latin boscus, from Frankish *busc (compare Middle Dutch busch), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”); perhaps also influenced by bosk. The word is a doublet of bush.