bossu

French edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bɔ.sy/
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Adjective edit

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

hunchback

Noun edit

bossu m (plural bossus, feminine bossue)

hunchback

Derived terms edit

rire comme un bossu

Further reading edit

“bossu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman edit

Etymology edit

From Old French boçu (“hunchback”).

Adjective edit

bossu m

(Jersey) humped

Northern Sami edit

Pronunciation 1 edit

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpossuː/

Verb edit

bossu

third-person singular present indicative of bossut

Pronunciation 2 edit

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈposːsuː/

Verb edit

bosˈsu

first/second-person dual imperative of bossut

Participle edit

bosˈsu

present participle of bossut

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