gosse
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly alteration of gonze (feminine gonzesse).
Noun edit
gosse m or f by sense (plural gosses)
- (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)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
gosse f (plural gosses)
Further reading edit
- “gosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)
Middle English edit
Noun edit
gosse
- Alternative form of goos
Northern Sami edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gosse
- inflection of gossat:
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)
Usage notes edit
Only known to have occurred in the slang phrase jeg gossa meg.
Synonyms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gosse m (definite singular gossen, indefinite plural gossar, definite plural gossane)
- young man, great guy
References edit
- “gosse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- (obsolete typography) gåße
Etymology edit
Unknown, initially applied to pigs and piglets, connection to French gosse (“child”) is uncertain.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
gosse c
Declension edit
Declension of gosse | ||||
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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
- gosse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gosse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gosse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- gosse in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)