French

Proper noun

Bosse

1. A surname​.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔsə/
• Hyphenation: Bos‧se

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French bosse ‎(“bump, hump”).

Noun

Bosse f ‎(genitive Bosse, plural Bossen)

1. bossage

Declension

Derived terms

• bossieren

Etymology 2

Noun

Bosse

1. plural of Boss

Swedish

Proper noun

Bosse

1. A diminutive of the male given name Bo.
   • 1997 Majgull Axelsson, Aprilhäxan, Pan (2006), ISBN 9172633298, page 126:

     Bakom dem flockades deras familjer: var sin hustru - Bitte för Stig, Anita för Gunnar - och sammanlagt fem vattenkammade söner i olika storlekar. Alla bar de den nya tidens sladdriga namn: Bosse, Kjelle, Lasse, Olle och Ante.

Afrikaans

Noun

bosse

1. plural of bos

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Homophone: bosses

Etymology 1

Latin *bottia ‎(“bump”)^[1], of uncertain origin; possibly of Germanic (Frankish) origin. Or from a Latin root *buttia, from Latin buttis. Compare Occitan bossa, Italian boccia and bozza; cf. also Romanian bot.

Noun

bosse f ‎(plural bosses)

1. bump (small elevated level)
2. hump (of e.g. a camel or zebu)

Etymology 2

See bosser.

Verb

bosse

1. first-person singular present indicative of bosser
2. third-person singular present indicative of bosser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of bosser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of bosser
5. second-person singular imperative of bosser

References

1. ↑ (fr)(de) *bottia in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

• “bosse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Old French boce. The spelling bosse (as opposed to boce) first appears circa 1389^[1]

Noun

bosse f (plural bosses)

1. swelling; bump (for example due to injury or illness)

Descendants

• French: bosse

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (boce, supplement)

1. ↑ bosse on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French), subsection 'formes'

Norman

Etymology

From English bus.

Noun

bosse f ‎(plural bosses)

1. (Guernsey) bus