bosse

See also: Bosse, bossé, bøsse, and boße

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.sə/

Noun

bosse

1. plural of bos

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

• Audio (France, Paris):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Homophone: bosses

Etymology 1

From Middle French bosse. Compare Occitan bossa, 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

• (skiing): bosseur m / bosseuse f

Etymology 2

See bosser.

Verb

bosse

1. first-person singular present indicative of bosser
2. third-person singular present indicative of bosser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of bosser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of bosser
5. second-person singular imperative of bosser

References

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

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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)

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English bus.

Noun

bosse f (plural bosses)

1. (Guernsey) bus

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German busseln.

Verb

bosse

1. to kiss

Synonyms

• kisse