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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin fusta (“beam”), from Latin fustis, with a change in gender. See also the dialectal or archaic fust.
Pronunciation
Noun
fusta f (plural fustes)
- wood, timber
- constitution, makings
No tenia la fusta de polític.- He didn't have the makings of a politician.
Derived terms
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese fusta.
Noun
fusta (first-person possessive fustaku, second-person possessive fustamu, third-person possessive fustanya)
- (dated) light boat
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin fūstis (“beam”), possibly through Venetian . Compare Portuguese and Spanish fusta, Old French fuste. Doublet of fusto and of below.
Noun
fusta f (plural fuste)
- (historical) a kind of fast galley used mainly by pirates
- Hypernym: galea
Descendants
References
- ^ Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “fusta1”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 6, page 580
- ^ fusta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin fūstis m. Doublet of fusto and of above.
Noun
fusta f (plural fuste)
- (archaic) torch
- Synonyms: fiaccola, torcia
- (archaic) strong rope, especially if made of rushes
- Synonym: fune
References
- ^ Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “fusta2”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 6, page 580
Further reading
- fusta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Latin
Etymology
Medieval Latin; from fustis (“cudgel, staff”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fūsta f (genitive fūstae); first declension
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) beam
Declension
First-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
References
Occitan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin fūsta (“beam, log”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fusta f (plural fustas)
- wood, lumber
- beam
Dialectal variants
Derived terms
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
fusta f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of fustă
Spanish
Etymology
Feminized counterpart to Spanish fuste. Compare Catalan fusta, Portuguese fusta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfusta/
- Rhymes: -usta
- Syllabification: fus‧ta
Noun
fusta f (plural fustas)
- thin flexible stick or whip used to spur horses
- Synonym: látigo
- a type of wool fabric
- light boat with one or two masts, often used for exploration
- bundle of sticks, branches and/or firewood
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fusta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “fuste”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 983