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bosse

French, noun

bosse is spelled B-O-S-S-E (5 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,842nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bosse is a French feminine noun meaning “bump (small elevated level)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of bosser. With an accent, bossé is a different word: “past participle of bosser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enflure, tumeur sur une région osseuse, causée par un choc ou une contusion”.

What does bosse mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebump (small elevated level)

  2. 2

    femininehump (of e.g. a camel or zebu)

  3. 3

    femininedent (in e.g. a car panel)

  4. 4

    femininemogul

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as bossé
  1. 1

    past participle of bosser

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Enflure, tumeur sur une région osseuse, causée par un choc ou une contusion. 2. Saillie du dos ou de la poitrine, causée par la déviation de l’épine dorsale ou du sternum. 3. Protubérance naturelle qui est au dos de quelques animaux. 4. Toute élévation sur une surface.

noun: 1. Ancienne unité de mesure. 2. Baril servant à mettre le sel 3. Gros tonneau.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of bosse

  • bosses plural
  • bossée feminine
  • bossés masculine plural
  • bossées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to bosse

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bosse in French?

bosse appears 15 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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