bourse

Etymology

Borrowed from French bourse. Compare burse, compare Danish børs. See also bursar and purse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɔːs/, /bʊəs/

Noun

bourse (plural bourses)

1. A stock exchange.
   1. (figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
      • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:bourse.
2. (philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.

Further reading

• bourse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Brouse, besour, bouser

Etymology

From Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʁs/

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Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

1. (obsolete) purse
2. money
3. financial grant
4. bourse, stock exchange
5. (in the plural) the scrotum
6. (in the plural, slang) balls
   • Ca remonte à quand, la dernière fois que tu t'es vidé les bourses ?

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
• “bourse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Old French borse.

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

1. bag or purse

Etymology

From Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

1. (Jersey) mermaid's purse
2. (Jersey) shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
3. (Jersey) corn salad (Valerianella locusta)