"boss" meaning in French

See boss in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɔs/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-boss.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-boss.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-boss.wav Forms: boss [plural], bosses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English boss. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|en|boss}} Borrowed from English boss Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense|+,bosses}} boss m or f by sense (plural boss or bosses)
  1. boss (leader) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-boss-fr-noun-VIfy7YIt
  2. (video games) boss Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-boss-fr-noun-pefAAkQ3 Categories (other): Video games, French entries with incorrect language header, French masculine and feminine nouns by sense, French nouns with multiple plurals Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 42 58 Disambiguation of French nouns with multiple plurals: 26 74 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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