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English

Etymology

Blend of blessing +? curse

Noun

blurse (plural blurses)

1. Something that has both very good and very bad points.

See also

• blessing in disguise
• double-edged sword

Anagrams

• Elbrus, Lubers, Rubles, bluers, burels, rubles

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek ????? (búrsa). Doublet of purse, compare Danish børs, Swedish börs, German Börse. See also bursar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??s/, /b??s/

Noun

bourse (plural bourses)

1. A stock exchange.
   1. (figuratively) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourse.
2. (philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
3. (botany) The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development; it bears leaves whose axillary buds differentiate and may grow out as shoots.

Related terms

• burse

Translations

Further reading

• bourse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Related terms

• bursar
• burse
• purse
• reimburse

Anagrams

• Brouse, besour, bouser

French

Etymology

From Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek ????? (búrsa, “hide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?s/

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

• bourse d'études
• bourse d'excellence
• boursier
• sans bourse délier

Descendants

• ? Arabic: ??????
• English: bourse
• Turkish: burs
• Romanian: burs?

References

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French borse.

Noun

bourse f (plural bourses)

1. bag or purse

Descendants

• French: bourse
• German: Börse

Norman

Etymology

From Old French borse, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek ????? (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

Descendants

• English: burse