gosse

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See also: Gosse and gösse

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔs

Etymology 1

Possibly alteration of gonze (feminine gonzesse).

Noun

gosse m or f by sense (plural gosses)

  1. (colloquial) child, kid
    Synonym: enfant
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Uncertain. It could be an old or dialectal variant of gousse.

Noun

gosse f (plural gosses)

  1. (Canada, colloquial) testicle

Etymology 3

Variant of gousse or cosse.

Noun

gosse f (plural gosses)

  1. (Louisiana) hull, husk, shell, clove (of garlic)

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

gosse

  1. Alternative form of goos

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkosse/

Verb

gosse

  1. inflection of gossat:
    1. first-person dual present indicative
    2. 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)

  1. (slang) to gloat

Usage notes

Only known to have occurred in the slang phrase jeg gossa meg.

Synonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swedish gosse (boy).

Noun

gosse m (definite singular gossen, indefinite plural gossar, definite plural gossane)

  1. young man, great guy

References

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Initially applied to pigs and piglets. Connection to French gosse (child) is uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɡɔsːɛ/
  • Audio; en gosse:(file)

Noun

gosse c

  1. boy
    Synonyms: grabb, kille, pilt, pojke, ponke

Declension

Declension of gosse
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gosse gosses
definite gossen gossens
plural indefinite gossar gossars
definite gossarna gossarnas

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: kossi

References