fusta
See also: fustă
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin fusta (“beam”), from Latin fustis, with a change in gender. See also the dialectal or archaic fust.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈfus.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfus.ta/
Audio (file)
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
- fustam
- fuster
Further reading
- “fusta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fusta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “fusta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fusta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Etymology
Medieval Latin; from fustis (“cudgel, staff”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfuːs.ta/, [ˈfuːs̠t̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfus.ta/, [ˈfust̪ä]
Noun
fūsta f (genitive fūstae); first declension
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) beam
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fūsta | fūstae |
| Genitive | fūstae | fūstārum |
| Dative | fūstae | fūstīs |
| Accusative | fūstam | fūstās |
| Ablative | fūstā | fūstīs |
| Vocative | fūsta | fūstae |
Related terms
- fustibalus
- fustīgō
- fustis
Descendants
- Catalan: fusta
- Occitan: fusta
- Portuguese: fusta
- → English: fust
- Spanish: fusta
References
- fusta 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)
Occitan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin fūsta (“beam, log”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfysto/
(file)
Noun
fusta f (plural fustas)
- wood, lumber
- beam
Dialectal variants
- husta (Gascon)
Derived terms
- fustatge
- fustam
- fustariá
- fustièr
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfusta]
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/ [ˈfus.t̪a]
- 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
- fustazo
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), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 983