bourse

Meaning

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

Synonyms

bourse des valeurs

marché boursier

boursicot

bourse d’études

poche de poitrine

sac postal

autocommutateur

commutateur téléphonique

étui à munitions

blague à tabac

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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