"buste" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /byst/ Forms: bustes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian busto, from Latin būstum. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|it|busto}} Borrowed from Italian busto, {{der|fr|la|būstum}} Latin būstum Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} buste m (plural bustes)
  1. (anatomy) bust, torso Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-buste-fr-noun-Z2~NPoGF Categories (other): Anatomy, French entries with incorrect language header, Sculpture Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Sculpture: 81 19 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (statue) bust Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-buste-fr-noun-E3AsRLkk

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "busta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "buste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "buste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "bust"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Büste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "busta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "biust"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "bust"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "biusṭi",
          "word": "ბიუსტი"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "bjust",
      "word": "бюст"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "busta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "bjust",
      "word": "бюст"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "busto"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Italian busto",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "būstum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin būstum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian busto, from Latin būstum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bustes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "buste m (plural bustes)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "fr:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Sculpture",
          "orig": "fr:Sculpture",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A gold chain adorns her bust.",
          "text": "Une chaîne en or orne son buste.",
          "translation": "A gold chain adorns her bust.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bust, torso"
      ],
      "id": "en-buste-fr-noun-Z2~NPoGF",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "bust",
          "bust"
        ],
        [
          "torso",
          "torso"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) bust, torso"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              41,
              46
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              49,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He decorated his salon with a magnificent bronze bust of a woman.",
          "text": "Il a décoré son salon avec un magnifique buste de femme en bronze.",
          "translation": "He decorated his salon with a magnificent bronze bust of a woman.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bust"
      ],
      "id": "en-buste-fr-noun-E3AsRLkk",
      "links": [
        [
          "bust",
          "bust"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "statue",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(statue) bust"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/byst/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buste"
}
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Italian",
    "French terms derived from Italian",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Sculpture"
  ],
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "busta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "buste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "buste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "bust"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Büste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "busta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "biust"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "bust"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "biusṭi",
          "word": "ბიუსტი"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "bjust",
      "word": "бюст"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "busta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "bjust",
      "word": "бюст"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "it",
        "3": "busto"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Italian busto",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "būstum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin būstum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian busto, from Latin būstum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bustes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "buste m (plural bustes)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "fr:Anatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A gold chain adorns her bust.",
          "text": "Une chaîne en or orne son buste.",
          "translation": "A gold chain adorns her bust.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bust, torso"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "bust",
          "bust"
        ],
        [
          "torso",
          "torso"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) bust, torso"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              41,
              46
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              49,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He decorated his salon with a magnificent bronze bust of a woman.",
          "text": "Il a décoré son salon avec un magnifique buste de femme en bronze.",
          "translation": "He decorated his salon with a magnificent bronze bust of a woman.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bust"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bust",
          "bust"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "statue",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(statue) bust"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/byst/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buste"
}

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