Polyglot Dictionary

posse

/ˈpɔsi/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as posses

Meaning

  1. possession

    • Tomou posse.

      He took office.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

posesión

posesión is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "possession."

Spanish

tenencia

tenencia is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "possession."

Practice

1 What does posse mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tomou ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches posse?

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