Posse

See also: posse

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese posse (“possession; ownership”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔse̝/

Proper noun

Posse f

1. a surname

Related terms

• Pose

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Posse”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “Posse” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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German

Etymology

Clipping of Possenspiel (Possen (“joke; farce”) + Spiel (“game, play”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔsə]

Noun

Posse f (genitive Posse, plural Possen)

1. (theater or figuratively) farce, burlesque

Derived terms

• Gerichtsposse, Justizposse, Politposse, Provinzposse
• Possenspiel, Possentheater

Further reading

• Posse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

See also

• Possen

Further reading

• “Posse” in Duden online