"boss" meaning in Swedish

See boss in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from English boss. Etymology templates: {{bor|sv|en|boss}} English boss Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} boss c, {{sv-noun|c}} boss c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], boss [indefinite, nominative, singular], boss [genitive, indefinite, singular], bossen [definite, nominative, singular], bossens [definite, genitive, singular], bossar [indefinite, nominative, plural], bossars [genitive, indefinite, plural], bossarna [definite, nominative, plural], bossarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (video games) boss; final enemy Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-boss-sv-noun-xNKQAV8m Topics: video-games
  2. (colloquial) boss, supervisor; someone who oversees work Tags: colloquial, common-gender Synonyms: chef
    Sense id: en-boss-sv-noun--ruNvtjq Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: mellanboss (english: miniboss) [video-games], miniboss (english: miniboss) [video-games], nivåboss (english: level boss) [video-games], slutboss (english: final boss) [video-games]

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "English boss",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English boss.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    },
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bossens",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bossar",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bossars",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bossarna",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "3": "",
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      },
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      "english": "miniboss",
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    {
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      "english": "miniboss",
      "topics": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "level boss",
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ],
      "word": "nivåboss"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "final boss",
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ],
      "word": "slutboss"
    }
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            "Mass media",
            "Software",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Computing",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
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      ],
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "english": "miniboss",
      "topics": [
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    },
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      "english": "miniboss",
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ],
      "word": "miniboss"
    },
    {
      "english": "level boss",
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ],
      "word": "nivåboss"
    },
    {
      "english": "final boss",
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ],
      "word": "slutboss"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "boss; final enemy"
      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "chef"
        }
      ],
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        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "boss"
}

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