bossu
French
Etymology
From Old French boçu, equivalent to bosse (“hump”) + -u.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ.sy/
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Adjective
bossu (feminine bossue, masculine plural bossus, feminine plural bossues)
Noun
bossu m (plural bossus, feminine bossue)
- hunchback
- rire comme un bossu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
- “bossu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French boçu (“hunchback”).
Adjective
bossu m
Northern Sami
Pronunciation 1
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpossuː/
Verb
bossu
- third-person singular present indicative of bossut
Pronunciation 2
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈposːsuː/
Verb
bosˈsu
- first/second-person dual imperative of bossut
Participle
bosˈsu
- present participle of bossut