buse

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French

buse

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /byz/
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French buison, buson, from Latin būteōnem.

Noun

buse f (plural buses)

  1. hawk or buzzard (genus Buteo)
  2. (colloquial) idiot, fool
  3. (Belgium) fail (fail of an exam, in school)
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Verb

buse

  1. inflection of buser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Probably from Old French busel, itself from Latin būcina with a change of suffix to -el. Or from a shortening of a hypothetical earlier *bu(i)sene. Cf. the related buisine, as well as the borrowed buccine.

Noun

buse f (plural buses)

  1. nozzle
  2. pipe, conduit

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Swedish

Noun

buse c

  1. someone uncivil and antisocial (usually a male); a ruffian

Usage notes

Similarly colloquial tone to ruffian. Sometimes used less seriously: Klassens buse ― The bad kid in the class

Declension

Declension of buse 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative buse busen busar busarna
Genitive buses busens busars busarnas

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بوسه (buse), from Persian بوسه (buse, “kiss”).

Noun

buse

  1. (dated) kiss, smooch

Declension

Inflection
Nominative buse
Definite accusative buseyi
Singular Plural
Nominative buse buseler
Definite accusative buseyi buseleri
Dative buseye buselere
Locative busede buselerde
Ablative buseden buselerden
Genitive busenin buselerin

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References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “buse”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 924
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