"busto" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbus.to/ Forms: busti [plural]
Rhymes: -usto Etymology: From Latin būstum (“burial mound, tomb”). The semantic shift from “tomb” to “bust” happened via the meaning of “sepulchral statue”. Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|būstum|t=burial mound, tomb}} Latin būstum (“burial mound, tomb”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} busto m (plural busti)
  1. (obsolete) tomb, grave Tags: masculine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-busto-it-noun-y~deoLCg Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 4 31 31
  2. (by extension, obsolete) cadaver, corpse Tags: broadly, masculine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-busto-it-noun-bLIdIf3R Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 4 31 31
  3. (sculpture) bust Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-busto-it-noun-E3AsRLkk
  4. (by extension, anatomy) torso Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-busto-it-noun-LJ6OIU1v Categories (other): Anatomy, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Sculpture Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 4 31 31 Disambiguation of Sculpture: 22 20 6 29 22 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  5. (by extension) corset, girdle Tags: broadly, masculine Synonyms: guaina
    Sense id: en-busto-it-noun-2P4qmqRr Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 4 31 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imbusto [obsolete], mezzobusto

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "imbusto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mezzobusto"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "buste",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: buste\n→ Danish: buste\n→ Polish: biust\n→ Romanian: bust\n→ Russian: бюст (bjust)\n→ Georgian: ბიუსტი (biusṭi)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: buste\n→ Danish: buste\n→ Polish: biust\n→ Romanian: bust\n→ Russian: бюст (bjust)\n→ Georgian: ბიუსტი (biusṭi)"
    }
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "_dis": "18 16 4 31 31",
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        {
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          "ref": "1372 ca., Giovanni Boccaccio, Esposizioni sopra la Commedia di Dante Alighieri (Il comento sopra la Commedia di Dante Alighieri, Tomo II, Ig. Moutier (1831), page 280)",
          "text": "Chiamansi ancora i sepolcri busti, e questi son detti da' corpi combusti, [...]",
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        ],
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          "bust"
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        "(sculpture) bust"
      ],
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    },
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          "corset"
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          "girdle",
          "girdle"
        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension) corset, girdle"
      ],
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbus.to/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-usto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "busto"
}
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    "Italian nouns",
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      ],
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: buste\n→ Danish: buste\n→ Polish: biust\n→ Romanian: bust\n→ Russian: бюст (bjust)\n→ Georgian: ბიუსტი (biusṭi)"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "The sepulchres are still called tombs, so called for the cremated bodies, …",
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          "text": "Chiamansi ancora i sepolcri busti, e questi son detti da' corpi combusti, [...]",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "tomb",
          "tomb"
        ],
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          "grave",
          "grave"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) tomb, grave"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
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        "Italian terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
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          "corpse",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension, obsolete) cadaver, corpse"
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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        "bust"
      ],
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          "bust",
          "bust"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sculpture) bust"
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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      ],
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          "torso",
          "torso"
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      ],
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        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "corset, girdle"
      ],
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          "corset",
          "corset"
        ],
        [
          "girdle",
          "girdle"
        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension) corset, girdle"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "guaina"
        }
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbus.to/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-usto"
    }
  ],
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}

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