bourse
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bourse
- /bʊəs/ UK
- /bɔːs/ UK
- /bɔːɹs/ US
- /bʊəɹs/ US
Sounds like boss (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)s, -ʊə(ɹ)s
Where it comes from
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.
noun bourses
- A stock exchange. In brief, Le Chiffre plans, we believe, to follow the example of most other desperate till-robbers and make good the deficit in his accounts by gambling. The 'Bourse' is too slow.
- Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled. For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourse.
- A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
- 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.
Talk about this word "bourse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bourse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bourse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bourse "bourse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bourse.Cite this
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title = {bourse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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