buse

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French[edit]

buse

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /byz/
  • (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old French buison, buson, from Latin būteōnem.

Noun[edit]

buse f (plural buses)

  1. hawk or buzzard (genus Buteo)
  2. (colloquial) idiot, fool
  3. (Belgium) fail (fail of an exam, in school)
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Verb[edit]

buse

  1. inflection of buser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2[edit]

Probably from Old French busel, itself from Latin būcina with a change of suffix to -el. Or from a shortening of a hypothetical earlier *bu(i)sene. Cf. the related buisine, as well as the borrowed buccine.

Noun[edit]

buse f (plural buses)

  1. nozzle
  2. pipe, conduit

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Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

buse c

  1. someone uncivil and antisocial (usually a male); a ruffian

Usage notes[edit]

Similarly colloquial tone to ruffian. Sometimes used less seriously: Klassens buse ― The bad kid in the class

Declension[edit]

Declension of buse 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative buse busen busar busarna
Genitive buses busens busars busarnas

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish بوسه (buse), from Persian بوسه (buse, kiss).

Noun[edit]

buse

  1. (dated) kiss, smooch

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative buse
Definite accusative buseyi
Singular Plural
Nominative buse buseler
Definite accusative buseyi buseleri
Dative buseye buselere
Locative busede buselerde
Ablative buseden buselerden
Genitive busenin buselerin

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References[edit]

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “buse”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 924