Similar words
Similar in other languages
German
Kompass
Kompass is the German word for the same thing — both mean "compass."
Spanish
brújula
brújula is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "compass."
Portuguese
bússola
bússola is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "compass."
Practice
1 What does boussole mean?
compass
2 Fill the gap: Sans ___, ils auraient pu se perdre dans la forêt.
Full sentence: Sans boussole, ils auraient pu se perdre dans la forêt. (Without a compass, they could have gotten lost in the forest.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches boussole?
boussole: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.