"busto" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbus.to/ Forms: busti [plural]
Rhymes: -usto Etymology: Etymology tree Latin būstum Italian busto Inherited from Latin būstum (“burial mound, tomb”). The semantic shift from “tomb” to “bust” happened via the meaning of “sepulchral statue”. Etymology templates: {{etymon|it|:inh|la:būstum<t:burial mound, tomb>|tree=+}} Etymology tree Latin būstum Italian busto, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la|būstum||burial mound, tomb|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin būstum (“burial mound, tomb”), {{inh+|it|la|būstum|t=burial mound, tomb}} Inherited from Latin būstum (“burial mound, tomb”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} busto m (plural busti)
  1. (archaic) tomb, grave Tags: archaic, masculine
    Sense id: en-busto-it-noun-y~deoLCg Categories (other): Italian entries referencing missing etymons, Italian entries with etymology trees, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 21 20 7 29 23 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymology trees: 24 21 6 26 23 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 5 28 26 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 25 23 7 19 26 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 24 21 6 26 23
  2. (by extension, archaic) cadaver, corpse Tags: archaic, broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-busto-it-noun-bLIdIf3R Categories (other): Italian entries referencing missing etymons, Italian entries with etymology trees, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 21 20 7 29 23 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymology trees: 24 21 6 26 23 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 5 28 26 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 25 23 7 19 26 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 24 21 6 26 23
  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 referencing missing etymons, Italian entries with etymology trees, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Sculpture Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 21 20 7 29 23 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymology trees: 24 21 6 26 23 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 5 28 26 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 25 23 7 19 26 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 24 21 6 26 23 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 referencing missing etymons, Italian entries with etymology trees, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 21 20 7 29 23 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymology trees: 24 21 6 26 23 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 5 28 26 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 25 23 7 19 26 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 24 21 6 26 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imbusto, mezzobusto

Inflected forms

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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Italian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-04-01 using wiktextract (7de0cf9 and 9452535). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.