Boops

See also: boops

Translingual

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βόωψ (bóōps), from βοῦς (boûs, cow, ox) + ὄψ (óps, eye).

Pronunciation

  • English:
    • enPR: -ŏps (etymological pronunciation, formal)
      • (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊ.ɑps/
      • Rhymes: -əʊɒps
    • enPR: bo͞ops (eye-pronunciaiton, informal)
      • (US) IPA(key): /bups/
      • Rhymes: -uːps
      • Homophone: boops
  • Greek: IPA(key): /ˈvo.ops/ (see βόωψ (vóops))
  • Russian: IPA(key): [bops] (see бопс (bops))
  • Ukrainian: IPA(key): [bɔps] (see бопс (bops))

Proper noun

Boops m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sparidae.

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Descendants

  • English: boops
  • Greek: βόωψ (vóops) (semantic loan)

Further reading

English

Proper noun

Boops

  1. plural of Boop