How is the word bosse translated from French to English

English translation
Hump
noun

Partie arrondie et saillante sur le dos d'un animal.

A round raised part on an animal's back.

Examples with “bosse”

See how the word “bosse” is used in sentences

  • Le chameau stocke de la graisse dans sa bosse. — A camel stores fat in its hump.

  • Ralentis, il y a un dos-d'âne devant. — Slow down, there's a hump ahead.

  • La bosse du chameau avait fondu après le long voyage. — The camel's hump had shrunk after the long trip.

  • Le bus a pris le dos-d'âne trop vite. — The bus hit the hump too fast.

  • Cet animal a-t-il une bosse ou deux ? — Does that animal have one hump or two?

  • Ont-ils peint en jaune le nouveau dos-d'âne ? — Did they paint the new hump on the road yellow?

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