See also: Gosse and gösse

French edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔs/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔs

Etymology 1 edit

Possibly alteration of gonze (feminine gonzesse).

Noun edit

gosse m or f by sense (plural gosses)

  1. (colloquial) child, kid
    Synonym: enfant
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

gosse f (plural gosses)

  1. (Canada, colloquial) testicle

Etymology 3 edit

Variant of gousse or cosse.

Noun edit

gosse f (plural gosses)

  1. (Louisiana) hull, husk, shell, clove (of garlic)

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Noun edit

gosse

  1. Alternative form of goos

Northern Sami edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkosse/

Verb edit

gosse

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

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb edit

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

  1. (slang) to gloat

Usage notes edit

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

Synonyms edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Swedish gosse (boy).

Noun edit

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

  1. young man, great guy

References edit

Swedish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Unknown, initially applied to pigs and piglets, connection to French gosse (child) is uncertain.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gosse c

  1. boy
    Synonyms: grabb, kille, pilt, pojke, ponke

Declension edit

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

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Finnish: kossi

References edit