gosse

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɔs/ Rhymes: -ɔs === Etymology 1 === Possibly alteration of gonze (feminine gonzesse). ==== Noun ==== gosse m or f by sense (plural gosses) (colloquial) child, kid Synonym: enfant ===== Derived terms ===== beau gosse === Etymology 2 === Uncertain. It could be an old or dialectal variant of gousse. ==== Noun ==== gosse f (plural gosses) (Canada, colloquial) testicle === Etymology 3 === Variant of gousse or cosse. ==== Noun ==== gosse f (plural gosses) (Louisiana) hull, husk, shell, clove (of garlic) === Further reading === “gosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN) == Middle English == === Noun === gosse alternative form of gos == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkosse/ === Verb === gosse inflection of gossat: first-person dual present indicative third-person plural past indicative == 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) (slang) to gloat ==== Usage notes ==== Only known to have occurred in the slang phrase jeg gossa meg. ==== Synonyms ==== golle == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Swedish gosse (boy). === Noun === gosse m (definite singular gossen, indefinite plural gossar, definite plural gossane) young man, great guy === References === “gosse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Alternative forms === (obsolete typography) goſſe, gåße === Etymology === Unknown. Initially applied to pigs and piglets. Connection to French gosse (“child”) is uncertain. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ɡɔsːɛ/ === Noun === gosse c a boy, a lad Synonyms: grabb, kille, pilt, pojke, ponke ==== Usage notes ==== Bit old-fashioned. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gossebarn gossen i det gröna (“soldiers-in-green; Adonis annua”) gosskör stjärngosse stjärtgosse ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: kossi === References === “gosse”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) gosse in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)