bois mort

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bwa mɔʁ/
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
  • Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):(file)

Noun

bois mort m (uncountable)

  1. (literally) dead wood (wood that is dead)
  2. (figuratively) dead wood, dead weight (matters or things that have become unnecessary or otherwise useless)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.