bosse

== Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.sə/ === Noun === bosse plural of bos == Franco-Provençal == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *buttia. === Noun === bosse m (plural bosses) (ORB, broad) barrel === References === tonneau in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca bosse in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu === Further information === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1325: “la botte; il barile” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] – map 1313 – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*bŭttia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 1: A–B, page 658 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔs/ Rhymes: -ɔs Homophone: bosses === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle French bosse, from Old French boce (“protrusion, outgrowth, lump”), from Frankish *bottja. Compare Occitan bòssa, Italian boccia and bozza; cf. also Romanian bot. ==== Noun ==== bosse f (plural bosses) bump (small elevated level) hump (of e.g. a camel or zebu) dent (in e.g. a car panel) (freestyle skiing) mogul ===== Derived terms ===== baleine à bosse rouler sa bosse (skiing): bosseur m / bosseuse f === Etymology 2 === See bosser. ==== Verb ==== bosse inflection of bosser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === References === “bosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French boce. The spelling bosse (as opposed to boce) first appears circa 1389 === Noun === bosse f (plural bosses) swelling; bump (for example due to injury or illness) ==== Descendants ==== French: bosse === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “boce”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Norman == === Etymology === From English bus. === Noun === bosse f (plural bosses) (Guernsey) bus == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === Compare German busseln. === Verb === bosse to kiss ==== Synonyms ==== kisse