bourse
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/
- Rhymes: -ɔːs, -ʊəs
Noun
bourse (plural bourses)
- A stock exchange.
- (figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourse.
- (figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
- (philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
- (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
- burse
Related terms
- bursar
- burse
- purse
- reimburse
Translations
stock exchange — see stock exchange
place where the value of a thing is settled
philately: meeting of stamp collectors for the exchange of stamps and covers
botany: The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development
Further reading
bourse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Brouse, besour, bouser
French
Etymology
From Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buʁs/
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Noun
bourse f (plural bourses)
- (obsolete) purse
- money
- financial grant
- bourse, stock exchange
- (in the plural) the scrotum
- (in the plural, slang) balls
- Ca remonte à quand, la dernière fois que tu t'es vidé les bourses ?
Derived terms
- bourse d'études
- bourse d'excellence
- boursier
- sans bourse délier
Descendants
- → Arabic: بورصة
- English: bourse
- Turkish: burs
- Romanian: bursă
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
- “bourse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French borse.
Noun
bourse f (plural bourses)
- bag or purse
Descendants
- French: bourse
- German: Börse
Norman
Etymology
From Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
bourse f (plural bourses)
- (Jersey) mermaid's purse
- (Jersey) shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
- (Jersey) corn salad (Valerianella locusta)
Synonyms
- (mermaid's purse): bourse au dgiâbl'ye, chiviéthe à bras, crapaud d'mé
- (shepherd's purse): pid d'ouaîthé
Descendants
- English: burse