gosse
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)
- (colloquial) child, kid
Derived terms
- beau gosse
Etymology 2
Uncertain. It could be an old or dialectal variant of gousse.
Noun
gosse f (plural gosses)
- (Canada, colloquial) testicle
Etymology 3
Variant of gousse or cosse.
Noun
gosse f (plural gosses)
- (Louisiana) hull, husk, shell, clove (of garlic)
Further reading
- “gosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)
Middle English
Noun
gosse
- Alternative form of goos
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkosse/
Verb
gosse
- inflection of gossat:
- first-person dual present indicative
- 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)
- (slang) to gloat
Usage notes
Only known to have occurred in the slang phrase jeg gossa meg.
Synonyms
- golle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Swedish gosse (boy).
Noun
gosse m (definite singular gossen, indefinite plural gossar, definite plural gossane)
- young man, great guy
References
- “gosse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Unknown, initially applied to pigs and piglets, connection to French gosse (“child”) is uncertain.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
gosse c
- boy
- Synonyms: grabb, kille, pilt, pojke, ponke
Declension
| Declension of gosse | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | gosse | gossen | gossar | gossarna |
| Genitive | gosses | gossens | gossars | gossarnas |
Derived terms
- stjärtgosse
Descendants
- → Finnish: kossi
References
- gosse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gosse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gosse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- gosse in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)