bossu

Etymology

Old French boçu, equivalent to bosse (“hump”) + -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.sy/

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Adjective

bossu (feminine singular bossue, masculine plural bossus, feminine plural bossues)

1. hunchback

Noun

bossu m (plural bossus, feminine bossue)

1. hunchback

Further reading

• “bossu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Old French boçu (“hunchback”).

Adjective

bossu m

1. (Jersey) humped

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpossuː/

Verb

bossu

1. third-person singular present indicative of bossut

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈposːsuː/

Verb

bosˈsu

1. inflection of bossut:
   1. first-person dual imperative
   2. second-person dual imperative

Participle

bosˈsu

1. present participle of bossut