bourse

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word bourse. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word bourse, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say bourse in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word bourse you have here. The definition of the word bourse will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofbourse, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Bourse and boursé

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

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɔːs/, /bʊəs/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːs, -ʊəs

Noun

bourse (plural bourses)

  1. A stock exchange.
    1. (figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
  2. (philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
  3. (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.

Related terms

Related terms

Translations

stock exchange — see stock exchange

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

  1. (dated) coin purse
    Synonym: porte-monnaie
  2. a purseful of money; by extension, any sum of money available to be paid
  3. financial grant
  4. bourse, stock exchange
  5. (anatomy)
    1. (generally in the plural) the scrotum
      Synonym: scrotum
      • 1805, Georges Cuvier, Les organes de la génération:
        Les testicules [...] sont suspendus au-dessous du bassin dans une espèce de bourse ou de scrotum [...]
        The testicles are hanging below the pelvis in a sort of purse or scrotum
    2. (in the plural, slang) balls
      Synonyms: testicules, (slang) couilles
      Ça remonte à quand, la dernière fois que tu t’es vidé les bourses ?
      When was the last time you emptied your balls?

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: bourse
  • → Persian: بورس (burs)
  • → Romanian: bursă
  • → Turkish: burs

References

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French borse.

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

  1. bag or purse

Descendants

Norman

Etymology

From Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

  1. (Jersey) mermaid's purse
  2. (Jersey) shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
  3. (Jersey) corn salad (Valerianella locusta)

Synonyms

Descendants

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia