busta

English

Etymology

Non-rhotic pronunciation of buster.

Noun

busta (plural bustas)

1. Pronunciation spelling of buster.

Anagrams

• Taubs, buats, abuts, butas, tabus, BATUS, tubas, tsuba, Staub

Czech

Alternative forms

• bysta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪsta]
• Rhymes: -ɪsta

Noun

busta f

1. bust (sculpture)

Declension

Declension of busta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	busta	busty
genitive	busty	bust
dative	bustě	bustám
accusative	bustu	busty
vocative	busto	busty
locative	bustě	bustách
instrumental	bustou	bustami

Further reading

• “busta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “busta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 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

Declension of busta (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative busta bustaí vocative a bhusta a bhustaí genitive busta bustaí dative busta bustaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an busta na bustaí genitive an bhusta na mbustaí dative leis an mbusta don bhusta leis na bustaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of busta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
busta	bhusta	mbusta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “busta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “busta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “busta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbus.ta/
• Rhymes: -usta
• Hyphenation: bù‧sta

• Audio:

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Noun

busta f (plural buste)

1. envelope

   Synonyms: cartella, involucro

   La carta è troppo grande per la busta.

   The letter is too big for the envelope.

2. (philately) cover

   busta primo giorno emissione ― first-day cover

Derived terms

• busta paga (“payslip”)
• bustarella (“bribe”)
• bustina (“small envelope, sachet”)
• imbustare (verb)

Interjection

busta

1. (Romanesco, colloquial, soccer) said by someone after he's nutmegged someone (made the ball pass between their legs)

Derived terms

• fare busta

Latin

Noun

busta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bustum

References

• "busta", 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)

Romanian

Adverb

busta

1. alternative form of buzna

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbusta]

Noun

busta f

1. bust (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Declension

Declension of busta
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	busta	busty
genitive	busty	búst
dative	buste	bustám
accusative	bustu	busty
locative	buste	bustách
instrumental	bustou	bustami

Further reading

• “busta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025