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bourse

noun
/bʊəs//bɔːɹs/US

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.

  1. derived from βύρσα
  2. derived from bursa
  3. derived from borse
  4. borrowed from bourse

Definitions

  1. A stock exchange.

  2. A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or…

    A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.

  3. The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development

    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.

The neighborhood

Derived

interbourse

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bourse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA