busta

English

Noun

busta (plural bustas)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of buster.

Anagrams

Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɪsta]
  • Rhymes: -ɪsta

Noun

busta f

  1. bust (sculpture)

Further reading

  • busta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • busta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin būstum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠʊsˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

busta m (genitive singular busta, nominative plural bustaí)

  1. bust (sculpture)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
busta bhusta mbusta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French boiste, whence French boîte (“box”). From Medieval Latin buxida, inflected form derived from of Latin buxētum (“boxwood plantation”), from Latin buxus (“boxwood”).

Noun

busta f (plural buste)

  1. envelope
    La carta è troppo grande per la busta.
    The letter is too big for the envelope.
    Synonyms: cartella, involucro
  2. (philately) cover
    busta primo giorno emissione ― first-day cover

Derived terms

Latin

Noun

būsta

  1. nominative plural of būstum
  2. accusative plural of būstum
  3. vocative plural of būstum

References

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