bough

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• /ˈbaʊ̯/
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• /ˈbæʊ̯/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australian, New Zealand
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• [ˈbæʊ̯] Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australian, New Zealand
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• rhymes with -aʊ
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• homophone: bao
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• homophone: bow (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)
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PIE word *bheh2ǵhús From Middle English bough (“branch of a bush or tree, especially a main branch; limb of an animal or person; something resembling a branch (such as a plant root or branch of a nerve); (figuratively) Christian cross; descendant, offspring”) [and other forms], from Old English bōg, bōh (“tree bough or branch; arm; shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōgu, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (“shoulder; upper arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheh2ǵhús (“arm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bouch, West Frisian boech, Dutch boeg, German Low German Boog, German Bug, Danish bov, Icelandic bógur, and distantly with Ancient Greek πῆχυς (pêkhus, “forearm, cubit, etc.”). Doublet of bow ("front of a ship, prow").

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: degë — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Arabic: غُصْن (ḡuṣn) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Armenian: ճյուղ (čyuġ) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Armenian: ոստ (ost) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Old Armenian: ճիւղ (čiwł) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Old Armenian: կողր (kołr) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Old Armenian: ոստ (ost) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Belarusian: галіна́ (haliná) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Belarusian: галі́нка (halínka) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Belarusian: сук (suk) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Bulgarian: клон (klon) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Catalan: branca — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 樹枝 /树枝 (shùzhī) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 枝 (zhī) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Czech: větev — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Czech: větévka — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Danish: gren — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Dutch: tak — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Esperanto: branĉo — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Estonian: tüvik — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Faroese: grein — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Finnish: oksa — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Finnish: haara — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• French: branche — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Galician: galla — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Galician: póla — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Galician: rama — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Georgian: შტო (šṭo) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• German: Ast — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Greek: κλάδος (kládos) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Ancient Greek: ἀκρεμών (akremṓn) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Ancient Greek: κλάδος (kládos) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Ancient Greek: ὀρόδαμνος (oródamnos) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Hebrew: בַּד (bad) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Hindi: शाखा (śākhā) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Hindi: टहनी (ṭahnī) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Hindi: डाल (ḍāl) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Hindi: डाली (ḍālī) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Hungarian: ág — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Icelandic: grein — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Icelandic: trjágrein — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Ido: brancho — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Irish: géag — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Italian: ramo — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Japanese: 枝 (eda) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Japanese: 大枝 (ōeda) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Kazakh: сук (suk) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Korean: 가지 (gaji) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Kunigami: 枝 (yudā) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Latin: rāmus — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Latin: termes — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Macedonian: гранка (granka) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Māori: kūhā — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Māori: kūwhā — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Māori: rūhā — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Miyako: 枝 (yuda) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Navajo: atsʼáozʼaʼ — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Norwegian Bokmål: grein — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Norwegian Bokmål: gren — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Norwegian Nynorsk: grein — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Occitan: branca — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Ojibwe: wadikwan — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Okinawan: 枝 — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Persian: شاخه (šâxe) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Polish: gałąź — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Polish: konar — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Portuguese: galhada — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Portuguese: galho — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Portuguese: ramo — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Romanian: creangă — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Romanian: cracă — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Russian: сук (suk) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Russian: ве́тка (vétka) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Russian: ветвь (vetvʹ) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Scottish Gaelic: faillean — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Scottish Gaelic: fiùran — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Scottish Gaelic: geug — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Scottish Gaelic: meanglan — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Scottish Gaelic: meur — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Scottish Gaelic: òganach — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Serbo-Croatian: гра́на — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Serbo-Croatian: grána — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Slovak: konár — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Slovak: vetva — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Slovene: veja — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Spanish: rama — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Swedish: gren — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Swedish: trädgren — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Turkish: dal — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Udi: чӏугъ (č̣uɣ) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Ukrainian: гі́лка (hílka) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Ukrainian: сук (suk) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Vietnamese: cành — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Vietnamese: ngành — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Vietnamese: nhánh — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Vilamovian: ost — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Welsh: cangen — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Welsh: gwialen — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Yaeyama: 枝 (yuda) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Yiddish: צווײַג (tsvayg) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree
• Yonaguni: 枝 (duda) — firm (and often larger) branch of a tree