bourse

See also: Bourse and boursé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bourse. Compare burse, compare Danish børs. See also bursar and purse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔːs/, /bʊəs/

Noun

bourse (plural bourses)

1. A stock exchange.
   1. (figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourse.
2. (philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.

Translations

stock exchange — see stock exchange

place where the value of a thing is settled

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philately: meeting of stamp collectors for the exchange of stamps and covers

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Further reading

• bourse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Related terms

• bursar
• burse
• purse
• reimburse

Anagrams

• Brouse, besour, bouser

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French

Etymology

From Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʁs/

• audio:

  (file)

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

1. (obsolete) purse
2. money
3. financial grant
4. bourse, stock exchange
5. (in the plural) the scrotum
6. (in the plural, slang) balls
   • Ca remonte à quand, la dernière fois que tu t'es vidé les bourses ?

Derived terms

• boursier

Descendants

• English: bourse

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
• “bourse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French borse.

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

1. bag or purse

Descendants

• French: bourse
• German: Börse

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

1. (Jersey) mermaid's purse
2. (Jersey) shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
3. (Jersey) corn salad (Valerianella locusta)

Synonyms

• (mermaid's purse): bourse au dgiâbl'ye, chiviéthe à bras, crapaud d'mé
• (shepherd's purse): pid d'ouaîthé