bosse

See also: Bosse, bossé, bøsse, and boße

Afrikaans

Noun

bosse

  1. plural of bos

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔs/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔs
  • Homophone: bosses

Etymology 1

From Middle French bosse. Compare Occitan bossa, Italian boccia and bozza; cf. also Romanian bot.

Noun

bosse f (plural bosses)

  1. bump (small elevated level)
  2. hump (of e.g. a camel or zebu)
  3. dent (in e.g. a car panel)
  4. (freestyle skiing) mogul
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See bosser.

Verb

bosse

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bosser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of bosser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of bosser
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of bosser
  5. second-person singular imperative of bosser

References

    Middle French

    Etymology

    From Old French boce. The spelling bosse (as opposed to boce) first appears circa 1389[1]

    Noun

    bosse f (plural bosses)

    1. swelling; bump (for example due to injury or illness)

    Descendants

    References

    • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (boce, supplement)
    1. ↑ bosse on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French), subsection 'formes'

    Norman

    Etymology

    From English bus.

    Noun

    bosse f (plural bosses)

    1. (Guernsey) bus

    Pennsylvania German

    Etymology

    Compare German busseln.

    Verb

    bosse

    1. to kiss

    Synonyms

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