bosse

See also: Bosse, bossé, bøsse, and boße

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.sə/

Noun

bosse

1. plural of bos

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Homophone: bosses

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French bosse. Compare Occitan bòssa, Italian boccia and bozza; cf. also Romanian bot.

Noun

bosse f (plural bosses)

1. bump (small elevated level)
2. hump (of e.g. a camel or zebu)
3. dent (in e.g. a car panel)
4. (freestyle skiing) mogul

Derived terms

• baleine à bosse
• rouler sa bosse

• (skiing): bosseur m / bosseuse f

Etymology 2

See bosser.

Verb

bosse

1. inflection of bosser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French boce. The spelling bosse (as opposed to boce) first appears circa 1389

Noun

bosse f (plural bosses)

1. swelling; bump (for example due to injury or illness)

Descendants

• French: bosse

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (boce, supplement)

Norman

Etymology

From English bus.

Noun

bosse f (plural bosses)

1. (Guernsey) bus

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German busseln.

Verb

bosse

1. to kiss

Synonyms

• kisse