bourse

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of purse, compare Danish børs, Swedish börs, German Börse. See also bursar. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (without the pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /bʊəs/ (pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /bɔːs/ Homophone: boss (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger) (General American) IPA(key): /bɔːɹs/, (without the pour–poor merger) /bʊəɹs/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s, -ʊə(ɹ)s === Noun === bourse (plural bourses) A stock exchange. (figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled. For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourse. (philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged. (botany) The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development; it bears leaves whose axillary buds differentiate and may grow out as shoots. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bursar burse purse reimburse ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === bourse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Brouse, besour, bouser == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buʁs/ === Noun === bourse f (plural bourses) (dated) coin purse Synonym: porte-monnaie a purseful of money; by extension, any sum of money available to be paid financial grant bourse, stock exchange (anatomy) (generally in the plural) the scrotum Synonym: scrotum (in the plural, slang) balls Synonyms: testicules, (slang) couilles ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: bourse → Persian: بورس (burs) → Romanian: bursă → Turkish: burs === 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 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French borse. === Noun === bourse f (plural bourses) bag or purse ==== Descendants ==== French: bourse German: Börse == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French borse, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === bourse f (plural bourses) (Jersey) mermaid's purse (Jersey) shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) (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 ==== Descendants ==== English: burse