bocs

bocs (plural bocses)

1. (mathematics) A BOCS representation of an algebraic structure

• Bosc, COBs, OBCs, OCBs, SOCB, bcos, cobs

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈboks]

bocs

1. plural of boc (“buck, male goat”)

   Synonym: cabrons

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɔks]

bocs

1. plural of boc (“pint glass”)

   Synonym: cabrons

bocs ?

1. plural of boc

• IPA^(key): [ˈbot͡ʃ]

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• Rhymes: -ot͡ʃ

Of unknown origin.^[1]

bocs (plural bocsok)

1. bear cub

   Synonyms: mackó, medvebocs, kölyökmedve

Shortened from bocsánat (“sorry, pardon”).^[2]

bocs

1. (colloquial) apols, soz (colloquial form of sorry or apologies)

   Synonyms: elnézést, (colloquial) bocsi, (formal) pardon

   Bocs, hogy megkérdeztem. ― Sorry I asked.

• bocs in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bocs in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From German Wachs with pronunciation borrowed from Bavarian Bochs, itself from Proto-Germanic *wahsą, whence also Old Saxon wahs, Old English weax, Old Norse vax.

bocs f (uncountable)

1. (Gherdëina) ski wax

   Ei metù nueva bocs sui schi.

   I put new ski wax on the skis.

• cëira per i schi (Gherdëina)

• cëira (“wax”)

From English box.

• IPA^(key): /bɔks/
• Rhymes: -ɔks

bocs m (plural bocsys or bocsiau or bocysau)

1. box (cuboid space; container)

• bocs pupur (“pepper pot”)
• bocs sebon (“soapbox”)