gosse

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔs

Possibly alteration of gonze (feminine gonzesse).

gosse m or f by sense (plural gosses)

1. (colloquial) child, kid

   Synonym: enfant

• beau gosse

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

gosse f (plural gosses)

1. (Canada, colloquial) testicle

Variant of gousse or cosse.

gosse f (plural gosses)

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

• “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)

gosse

1. alternative form of gos

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkosse/

gosse

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

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

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

1. (slang) to gloat

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

• golle

From Swedish gosse (boy).

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

1. young man, great guy

• “gosse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• (obsolete typography) goſſe, gåße

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

• IPA^(key): /²ɡɔsːɛ/

• Audio; “en gosse”:

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gosse c

1. boy

   Synonyms: grabb, kille, pilt, pojke, ponke

Bit old-fashioned.

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

• → Finnish: kossi

• gosse in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• gosse in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)