bosse

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) bump (small elevated level)
2. (feminine) hump (of e.g. a camel or zebu)
3. (feminine) dent (in e.g. a car panel)
4. (feminine) mogul

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of bosser:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of bosser:

Concepts

hump

bump

swelling

mound

lump

protuberance

bulge

knot

🪢

hill

ridge

gnarl

dent

knob

hunch

bonk

humpback

puffiness

rise

black guarea

scented guarea

angle

gibbus

boil

curve

excrescence

extrusion

gibbosity

gibbousness

hunchback

jut

kyphosis

nape

nub

point

prominence

promontory

protrusion

Synonyms

enflure

protubérance

monticule

gibbosité

saillie

arête

🦴

renflement

promontoire

bombement

billon

gonflement

proturbance

colline

excroissance

nud

angle

poque

courbure

hématome

loupe

marque

masse

nuque

sac

tas

tournant

tubérosité

tumeur

extrusion

motte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bosse. Compare Occitan bòssa, Italian boccia and bozza; cf. also Romanian bot.