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)

1. (colloquial) child, kid

   Synonym: enfant

Derived terms

• beau gosse

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

• “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

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

• golle

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

• “gosse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• (obsolete typography) goſſe, gåße

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

• gossen i det gröna (“soldiers-in-green; Adonis annua”)
• gosskör
• 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)