fusa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 総 (fusa).

Noun

fusa pl (plural only)

1. (sumo) The four knotted tassels hanging from the roof of the dohyo; symbolising the four seasons.

Anagrams

• USAF, aufs, sauf

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.za/
• Homophones: fusas, fusât

Verb

fusa

1. third-person singular past historic of fuser

Irish

Alternative forms

• usa

Etymology

From earlier usa, from Old Irish assu. Similar to development of fuar and feic, the initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of usa as fhusa in lenition environments.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠʊsˠə/

Adjective

fusa

1. comparative degree of furasta (“easy”)

Mutation

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fusa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Entries containing “fusa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “fusa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

Adjective

fusa f sg

1. feminine singular of fuso

Participle

fusa f sg

1. feminine singular of fuso

Etymology 2

Archaic irregular plural of fuso (“spindle”), used in sense 2 probably for the sound being similar to that of a spinning spindle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/, (traditional) /ˈfu.sa/
• Rhymes: -uza, (traditional) -usa
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

Noun

fusa f pl

1. (archaic, literary) plural of fuso (“spindle”)
2. (plural only) purr (sound made by a cat)

   fare le fusa ― to purr

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French fusée (“fusil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù‧sa

Noun

fusa f (plural fuse)

1. (music) quasihemidemisemiquaver, semihemidemisemiquaver (hundred twenty-eighth note)

Further reading

• fusa (music) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Japanese

Romanization

fusa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふさ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (fūsa) (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.sa/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.sa/,
• (fūsā) (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.saː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.sa/,

Participle

fūsa

1. inflection of fūsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Participle

fūsā

1. ablative feminine singular of fūsus

Noun

fūsa f (genitive fūsae); first declension

1. (music) quaver (British), eighth note (US)

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• fusa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fuse (verb) (e and split infinitives)

Verb

fusa (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fusa/fus)

1. rush

References

• “fusa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian fusa, from French fusée.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fu‧sa

Noun

fusa f (plural fusas)

1. (music) demisemiquaver (thirty-second note)

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

fusa

1. Alternative form of fasa

Mutation

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fusa”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Noun

fusa f (plural fusas)

1. demisemiquaver

Further reading

• “fusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014