buse

See also: Buse, buŝe, bûse, and busə

French

buse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byz/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Old French buison, buson, from Latin būteō, būteōnem.

Noun

buse f (plural buses)

1. hawk or buzzard (Genus Buteo)
2. (colloquial) idiot, fool
3. (Belgium) fail (fail of an exam, in school)

Synonyms

• (fail at an exam) pète

Derived terms

• buse à queue courte
• buse bondrée
• triple buse

 

Related terms

• buser

Verb

buse

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

Etymology 2

Probably from Old French busel, itself from Latin būcina with a change of suffix to -el. Or from a shortening of a hypothetical earlier *bu(i)sene. Cf. the related buisine, as well as the borrowed buccine.

Noun

buse f (plural buses)

1. nozzle
2. pipe, conduit

Anagrams

• bues

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Noun

buse c

1. someone uncivil and antisocial (usually a male); a ruffian

Declension

Declension of buse
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	buse	busen	busar	busarna
Genitive	buses	busens	busars	busarnas

Usage notes

Similar colloquial tone to ruffian. Sometimes used less seriously: Klassens buse ― The bad kid in the class

References

• buse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• buse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• buse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بوسه (buse), from Persian بوسه (buse, “kiss”).

Noun

buse

1. (dated) kiss, smooch

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	buse
Definite accusative	buseyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buse	buseler
Definite accusative	buseyi	buseleri
Dative	buseye	buselere
Locative	busede	buselerde
Ablative	buseden	buselerden
Genitive	busenin	buselerin

Synonyms

• öpücük

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “buse”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, column 924