buis

From Dutch buis.

• IPA^(key): /bœis/

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buis (plural buise, diminutive buisie)

1. tube, duct, pipe

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯s/

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• Hyphenation: buis
• Rhymes: -œy̯s

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.

buis f (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)

1. pipe, duct
2. (slang) television

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

Clipping of wambuis.

buis n (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)

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

• dwangbuis

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

buis

1. first-person singular present indicative of buizen
2. imperative of buizen

From Old French bois, from Latin buxus.

• IPA^(key): /bɥi/

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buis m (plural buis)

1. box (tree)
2. boxwood

• pyrale du buis

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

• subi

buís

1. tax

Compare Tagalog buwis.

buís

1. tax

buís

1. to pay tax

buís

1. tax

Borrowed from Dutch buis.

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯s/

buis c (plural buizen, diminutive buiske)

1. tube, pipe, duct

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