bossu

French

Etymology

From Old French boçu, equivalent to bosse (“hump”) + -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.sy/

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Adjective

bossu (feminine bossue, masculine plural bossus, feminine plural bossues)

1. hunchback

Noun

bossu m (plural bossus, feminine bossue)

1. hunchback

Derived terms

• rire comme un bossu

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French boçu (“hunchback”).

Adjective

bossu m

1. (Jersey) humped

Northern Sami

Pronunciation 1

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpossuː/

Verb

bossu

1. third-person singular present indicative of bossut

Pronunciation 2

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈposːsuː/

Verb

bosˈsu

1. first/second-person dual imperative of bossut

Participle

bosˈsu

1. present participle of bossut