Luxembourgish

Noun

Bourse f ‎(plural Boursen)

1. stock market, stock exchange
2. bursary, grant

English

Noun

bourse ‎(plural bourses)

1. A stock exchange.
   1. (figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
      • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:bourse.
2. (philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα ‎(búrsa, “hide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʁs/

Noun

bourse f ‎(plural bourses)

1. (obsolete) purse
2. money
3. financial grant
4. bourse, stock exchange
5. (in the plural) the scrotum
6. (in the plural, slang) balls
   • Ca remonte à quand, la dernière fois que tu t'es vidé les bourses ?

Derived terms

• boursier

Descendants

• English: bourse

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
• “bourse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

1. bag or purse

Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα ‎(búrsa, “hide”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bourse f ‎(plural bourses)

1. (Jersey) mermaid's purse
2. (Jersey) shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
3. (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