gosse

See also: Gosse and gösse

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔs

Etymology 1

Possibly alteration of gonze (feminine gonzesse).

Noun

gosse m or f (plural gosses)

1. (colloquial) child, kid

Etymology 2

Uncertain. It could be an old or dialectal variant of gousse.

Noun

gosse f (plural gosses)

1. (Canada, colloquial) testicle.

Further reading

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

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Middle English

Noun

gosse

1. Alternative form of goos

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkosse/

Verb

gosse

1. inflection of gossat:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

gosse (present tense gosser, past tense gossa, past participle gossa, present participle gossende)

1. (slang) to gloat

Usage notes

Only known to have occurred in the slang phrase jeg gossa meg.

Synonyms

• golle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swedish gosse (boy)

Noun

gosse m (definite singular gossen, indefinite plural gossar, definite plural gossane)

1. young man, great guy

References

• “gosse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

Unknown, connection to French gosse (“child”) is uncertain.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gosse c

1. boy

Declension

Declension of gosse
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gosse	gossen	gossar	gossarna
Genitive	gosses	gossens	gossars	gossarnas

Synonyms

• pojke
• grabb
• kille
• ponke

Descendants

• Finnish: kossi