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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bosse

/bˈɑs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
bosse
IPA
/bˈɑs/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from French Bosse or Bossé, a nickname for a hunchback, from bosse (“bump, hump”). * Borrowed from South German Bosse, a pet form of the personal name Burkhard. * Borrowed from Dutch Bosse, a variant of Bosch.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Bosses (plural)

Homonyms

bos

Rhymes With

boss ross las os pos hamas abbas haas floss bos kos saas

Questions

How do you pronounce bosse?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɑs/.
What does bosse mean?
A surname.
Where does bosse come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce bosse

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