Feminine

bourse

Meaning

  1. (dated, feminine) coin purse
  2. (feminine) a purseful of money; by extension, any sum of money available to be paid
  3. (feminine) financial grant
  4. (feminine) bourse, stock exchange
  5. (feminine) the scrotum
  6. (feminine, in-plural, slang) balls

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/buʁs/
Etymology

In summary

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

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