"bössa" meaning in Swedish

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Noun

IPA: /²bœsːa/
Etymology: From Old Swedish byssa, bössa (“rifle, cannon, box”), from Middle Low German büsse (“box, gun”), from Medieval Latin buxis, from Ancient Greek πῠξῐ́ς (pŭxĭ́s), from πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos, “box wood”). Cognate with bush. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|byssa}} Old Swedish byssa, {{der|sv|gml|büsse||box, gun}} Middle Low German büsse (“box, gun”), {{der|sv|ML.|buxis}} Medieval Latin buxis, {{der|sv|grc|πῠξῐ́ς}} Ancient Greek πῠξῐ́ς (pŭxĭ́s) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} bössa c, {{sv-noun|c}} bössa c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-or}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bössa [indefinite, nominative, singular], bössas [genitive, indefinite, singular], bössan [definite, nominative, singular], bössans [definite, genitive, singular], bössor [indefinite, nominative, plural], bössors [genitive, indefinite, plural], bössorna [definite, nominative, plural], bössornas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (informal) gun (shooting weapon functioning through stored energy)
    rifle-esque device
    Tags: common-gender, informal Synonyms: gevär
    Sense id: en-bössa-sv-noun-CVm5uoyL
  2. (informal) gun (shooting weapon functioning through stored energy)
    any gun: cannon, firearm, flamethrower etc
    Tags: common-gender, informal
    Sense id: en-bössa-sv-noun-AUdpkdut
  3. small box for storing money, like coins, a charity box, a collection box Tags: common-gender Derived forms (box): fattigbössa (english: poor box, mite box), insamlingsbössa (english: charity box, collecting box), sparbössa (english: money box, piggy bank)
    Sense id: en-bössa-sv-noun-4q5c5r3w Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 19 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 19 63 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 27 17 57 Disambiguation of 'box': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: box
Derived forms (gun): bösskolv (english: buttstock), bösskott (english: gun shot), dubbelbössa (english: double-barreled gun), enkelbössa (english: single-barreled gun), flintbössa (english: flintlock-gun), fågelbössa (english: fowling-gun), hagelbössa (english: shotgun), hakebössa (english: handcannon, heavy firearm), handbössa (english: handgun, firearm), korkbössa (english: popgun), kulbössa (english: rifle), låsbössa (english: firearm with locking mechanism; lock-gun) [literally], pilbössa (english: crossbow; arrow gun) [literally], spjutbössa (english: speargun), ärtbössa (english: peashooter) Disambiguation of 'gun': 50 50 0

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "buttstock",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "buttstock",
      "word": "bösskolv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "gun shot",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "gun shot",
      "word": "bösskott"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "double-barreled gun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "double-barreled gun",
      "word": "dubbelbössa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "single-barreled gun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "single-barreled gun",
      "word": "enkelbössa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "flintlock-gun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "flintlock-gun",
      "word": "flintbössa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "fowling-gun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "fowling-gun",
      "word": "fågelbössa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "shotgun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "shotgun",
      "word": "hagelbössa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "handcannon, heavy firearm",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "handcannon, heavy firearm",
      "word": "hakebössa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "handgun, firearm",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "handgun, firearm",
      "word": "handbössa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "popgun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "popgun",
      "word": "korkbössa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "rifle",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "rifle",
      "word": "kulbössa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "firearm with locking mechanism; lock-gun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "firearm with locking mechanism; lock-gun",
      "word": "låsbössa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "crossbow; arrow gun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "crossbow; arrow gun",
      "word": "pilbössa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "speargun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "speargun",
      "word": "spjutbössa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "english": "peashooter",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "peashooter",
      "word": "ärtbössa"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-or",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössorna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bössa c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "bössa c",
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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        "rifle-esque device"
      ],
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          "gun"
        ],
        [
          "rifle",
          "rifle"
        ],
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          "-esque",
          "-esque"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal) gun (shooting weapon functioning through stored energy)",
        "rifle-esque device"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gevär"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
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        "gun (shooting weapon functioning through stored energy)",
        "any gun: cannon, firearm, flamethrower etc"
      ],
      "id": "en-bössa-sv-noun-AUdpkdut",
      "links": [
        [
          "gun",
          "gun"
        ],
        [
          "cannon",
          "cannon"
        ],
        [
          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ],
        [
          "flamethrower",
          "flamethrower"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal) gun (shooting weapon functioning through stored energy)",
        "any gun: cannon, firearm, flamethrower etc"
      ],
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        "common-gender",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "19 19 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 19 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 17 57",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "english": "poor box, mite box",
          "sense": "box",
          "translation": "poor box, mite box",
          "word": "fattigbössa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "english": "charity box, collecting box",
          "sense": "box",
          "translation": "charity box, collecting box",
          "word": "insamlingsbössa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "english": "money box, piggy bank",
          "sense": "box",
          "translation": "money box, piggy bank",
          "word": "sparbössa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small box for storing money, like coins, a charity box, a collection box"
      ],
      "id": "en-bössa-sv-noun-4q5c5r3w",
      "links": [
        [
          "box",
          "box"
        ],
        [
          "coins",
          "coins"
        ],
        [
          "charity box",
          "charity box"
        ],
        [
          "collection box",
          "collection box"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²bœsːa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bössa"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Swedish terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "buttstock",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "buttstock",
      "word": "bösskolv"
    },
    {
      "english": "gun shot",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "gun shot",
      "word": "bösskott"
    },
    {
      "english": "double-barreled gun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "double-barreled gun",
      "word": "dubbelbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "single-barreled gun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "single-barreled gun",
      "word": "enkelbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "flintlock-gun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "flintlock-gun",
      "word": "flintbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "fowling-gun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "fowling-gun",
      "word": "fågelbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "shotgun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "shotgun",
      "word": "hagelbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "handcannon, heavy firearm",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "handcannon, heavy firearm",
      "word": "hakebössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "handgun, firearm",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "handgun, firearm",
      "word": "handbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "popgun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "popgun",
      "word": "korkbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "rifle",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "rifle",
      "word": "kulbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "firearm with locking mechanism; lock-gun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "firearm with locking mechanism; lock-gun",
      "word": "låsbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "crossbow; arrow gun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "crossbow; arrow gun",
      "word": "pilbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "speargun",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "speargun",
      "word": "spjutbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "peashooter",
      "sense": "gun",
      "translation": "peashooter",
      "word": "ärtbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "poor box, mite box",
      "sense": "box",
      "translation": "poor box, mite box",
      "word": "fattigbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "charity box, collecting box",
      "sense": "box",
      "translation": "charity box, collecting box",
      "word": "insamlingsbössa"
    },
    {
      "english": "money box, piggy bank",
      "sense": "box",
      "translation": "money box, piggy bank",
      "word": "sparbössa"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-or",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössas",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössors",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössorna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bössornas",
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        "definite",
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Swedish informal terms"
      ],
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          "rifle",
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        "(informal) gun (shooting weapon functioning through stored energy)",
        "rifle-esque device"
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        }
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        "gun (shooting weapon functioning through stored energy)",
        "any gun: cannon, firearm, flamethrower etc"
      ],
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          "gun",
          "gun"
        ],
        [
          "cannon",
          "cannon"
        ],
        [
          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ],
        [
          "flamethrower",
          "flamethrower"
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        "(informal) gun (shooting weapon functioning through stored energy)",
        "any gun: cannon, firearm, flamethrower etc"
      ],
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        "common-gender",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "small box for storing money, like coins, a charity box, a collection box"
      ],
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        [
          "box",
          "box"
        ],
        [
          "coins",
          "coins"
        ],
        [
          "charity box",
          "charity box"
        ],
        [
          "collection box",
          "collection box"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²bœsːa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bössa"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.