ourse

From Latin ursa.

• IPA^(key): /uʁs/

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• Homophones: ours, ourses

ourse f (plural ourses)

1. she-bear (a female bear)

• Grande Ourse (Ursa Major, the Great Bear)
• Petite Ourse (Ursa Minor, the Little Bear)

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

• euros, roues, soeur, sœur