buse

See also: Appendix:Variations of "buse"

French

buse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byz/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French buison, buson, from Latin būteōnem.

Noun

buse f (plural buses)

1. hawk or buzzard (genus Buteo)
2. (colloquial) idiot, fool
3. (Belgium) fail (fail of an exam, in school)

Synonyms

• (fail at an exam) pète

Derived terms

• buse à queue courte
• buse bondrée
• triple buse

Related terms

• buser

Verb

buse

1. inflection of buser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Probably from Old French busel, itself from Latin būcina with a change of suffix to -el. Or from a shortening of a hypothetical earlier *bu(i)sene. Cf. the related buisine, as well as the borrowed buccine.

Noun

buse f (plural buses)

1. nozzle
2. pipe, conduit

Further reading

• “buse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• bues

Guyanese Creole English

Etymology

From English abuse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjuːz/

Verb

buse

1. to use foul words during an agitated argument

   She buse out she data. ― She cursed her daughter.

References

• Samad, Daizal R.; Harripersaud, Ashwannie (2023), A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions, Blue Rose Publishers, →ISBN, page 29
• Henry, Edgar A. (2022), The Guyanese Slang Alphabet, Dorrance Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 45

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

Related to bjässe, basse.

Noun

buse c

1. someone uncivil and antisocial (usually a male); a ruffian
2. bully
3. bogey, bogeyman

Usage notes

Similarly colloquial tone to ruffian. Sometimes used less seriously: Klassens buse ― The bad kid in the class

Declension

Declension of buse

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	buse	buses
	definite	busen	busens
plural	indefinite	busar	busars
	definite	busarna	busarnas

Derived terms

• snorbuse
• björnbuse (“one of the Beagle Boys”)

See also

• bov
• skurk

References

• “buse”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “buse”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “buse”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Persian بوسه (buse)

Ottoman Turkish بوسه (buse)

Turkish buse

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوسه (buse), from Persian بوسه (buse, “kiss”).

Noun

buse

1. (dated) kiss, smooch

Declension

Declension of buse

	singular	plural
nominative	buse	buseler
definite accusative	buseyi	buseleri
dative	buseye	buselere
locative	busede	buselerde
ablative	buseden	buselerden
genitive	busenin	buselerin

Synonyms

• öpücük

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “buse”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, column 924