fusto
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fūstis (“a hefty stick, club”) with change of declension.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfu.sto/
- Rhymes: -usto
- Hyphenation: fù‧sto
Noun
fusto m (plural fusti)
- (botany) trunk (of a tree)
- Synonym: tronco
- (botany) stem (of plant)
- Synonym: ceppo
- (architecture) shaft (of a column)
- (anatomy) trunk, torso
- Synonym: tronco
- (by extension) hunk, he-man (attractive muscular boy or man)
- Synonyms: gnocco, marcantonio
- cask, keg, barrel (container for liquids)
- Synonym: barile
- un fusto di vino ― a wine barrel
Anagrams
- stufo, stufò