bourse

English

/bɔːs/

noun
Definitions
  • A stock exchange.
  • (philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
  • (botany) 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from French bourse (purse, exchange, fund, grant) derived from Old French borse derived from Latin bursa (purse) derived from Ancient Greek βύρσα (hide, wine-skin, leather, skin stripped off a hide, skin stripped off, wineskin, bag).

Origin

Ancient Greek

βύρσα

Gloss

hide, wine-skin, leather, skin stripped off a hide, skin stripped off, wineskin, bag

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

革

Emoji
🥷

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