noun
Meaning 1
A stock exchange.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bourse
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/bʊəs/ without the pour–poor merger
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/bɔːs/ pour–poor merger
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homophone: boss (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger)
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General-American: /bɔːɹs/
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General-American: /bʊəɹs/ without the pour–poor merger
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noun
Meaning 2
A stock exchange.
Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourse.
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noun
Meaning 3
A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
the stock exchange in Paris
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Broader terms: stock exchange, stock market, securities market
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of purse, compare Danish børs, Swedish börs, German Börse. See also bursar.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: giełda — place where the value of a thing is settled
- Polish: giełda — philately: meeting of stamp collectors for the exchange of stamps and covers
- Polish: poduszeczka kwiatostanowa — botany: The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development