bossa

Contents

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of borsa.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.sə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.sa/

Noun

bossa f (plural bosses)

1. bag

Derived terms

• bossa d'aigua calenta
• bossa de mà
• bossut

Further reading

• “bossa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bossa” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “bossa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Verb

bossa

1. third-person singular past historic of bosser

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from French bosse (“hump, lump, small elevation”).

Noun

bossa f (plural bossas)

1. (anatomy) hump (rounded mass, as in a camel)
2. (anatomy) hunch (protuberance)