gosse
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editPossibly alteration of gonze (feminine gonzesse).
Noun
editgosse m or f by sense (plural gosses)
- (colloquial) child, kid
- Synonym: enfant
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editUncertain. It could be an old or dialectal variant of gousse.
Noun
editgosse f (plural gosses)
Etymology 3
editNoun
editgosse 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
editNoun
editgosse
- Alternative form of goos
Northern Sami
editPronunciation
editVerb
editgosse
- inflection of gossat:
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
editgosse (present tense gosser, past tense gossa, past participle gossa, present participle gossende)
Usage notes
editOnly known to have occurred in the slang phrase jeg gossa meg.
Synonyms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
editgosse m (definite singular gossen, indefinite plural gossar, definite plural gossane)
- young man, great guy
References
edit- “gosse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnknown. Initially applied to pigs and piglets. Connection to French gosse (“child”) is uncertain.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editgosse c
Declension
editDeclension 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- gossen i det gröna (“soldiers-in-green; Adonis annua”)
- gosskör
- stjärtgosse
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)
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