gosse

See also: Gosse and gösse

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔs/
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Etymology 1

Possibly alteration of gonze (feminine gonzesse).

Noun

gosse m, f (plural gosses)

  1. (colloquial) child, kid

Etymology 2

Uncertain. It could be an old or dialectal variant of gousse.

Noun

gosse f (plural gosses)

  1. (Canada, colloquial) testicle.

Further reading

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkosse/

Verb

gosse

  1. inflection of gossat:
    1. first-person dual present indicative
    2. third-person plural past indicative

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gosse (present tense gosser, past tense gossa, past participle gossa, present participle gossende)

  1. (slang) to gloat
Usage notes

Only known to have occurred in the slang phrase jeg gossa meg.

Synonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swedish gosse (boy)

Noun

gosse m (definite singular gossen, indefinite plural gossar, definite plural gossane)

  1. young man, great guy

References

Swedish

Etymology

Unknown, connection to French gosse (“child”) is uncertain.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gosse c

  1. boy

Declension

Declension of gosse 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gosse gossen gossar gossarna
Genitive gosses gossens gossars gossarnas

Synonyms

Descendants

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