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English
Noun
busta (plural bustas)
- Pronunciation spelling of buster.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
busta f
- bust (sculpture)
Declension
Declension of busta (hard feminine)
Further reading
- “busta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “busta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin būstum.
Pronunciation
Noun
busta m (genitive singular busta, nominative plural bustaí)
- bust (sculpture)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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busta
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bhusta
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mbusta
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “busta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “busta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “busta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French boiste, whence French boîte (“box”). From Medieval Latin buxida, inflected form derived from Latin buxētum (“boxwood plantation”), from Latin buxus (“boxwood”).
Pronunciation
Noun
busta f (plural buste)
- envelope
- Synonyms: cartella, involucro
La carta è troppo grande per la busta.- The letter is too big for the envelope.
- (philately) cover
- busta primo giorno emissione ― first-day cover
Derived terms
Interjection
busta
- (Rome, colloquial, soccer) said by someone after he's nutmegged someone (made the ball pass between their legs)
Derived terms
Latin
Noun
busta
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bustum
References
Romanian
Adverb
busta
- Alternative form of buzna
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
busta f
- bust (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
Declension
Further reading
- “busta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024