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gosse

See also: Gosse and gösse

French

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Possibly alteration of gonze (feminine gonzesse).

Noun

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gosse m or f by sense (plural gosses)

  1. (colloquial) child, kid
    Synonym: enfant
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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gosse f (plural gosses)

  1. (Canada, colloquial) testicle

Etymology 3

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Variant of gousse or cosse.

Noun

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gosse f (plural gosses)

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

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Middle English

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Noun

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gosse

  1. Alternative form of goos

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkosse/

Verb

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gosse

  1. inflection of gossat:
    1. first-person dual present indicative
    2. third-person plural past indicative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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gosse (present tense gosser, past tense gossa, past participle gossa, present participle gossende)

  1. (slang) to gloat

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Swedish gosse (boy).

Noun

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

  1. young man, great guy

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Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gosse c

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Finnish: kossi

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