buste

From French buste.

Buste Presumed portrait of Charles Le Brun.

buste c (singular definite busten, plural indefinite buster)

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

• “buste” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˈbys.tə/

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• Hyphenation: bus‧te

Borrowed from Middle French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum.

buste f (plural busten or bustes, diminutive bustetje n)

1. bust (a sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
2. breast, of a woman

• borstbeeld

• bustehouder

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

buste

1. inflection of bussen:
   1. singular past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive

Borrowed from Italian busto, from Latin būstum.

• IPA^(key): /byst/

buste m (plural bustes)

1. (anatomy) bust, torso

   Une chaîne en or orne son buste.

   A gold chain adorns her bust.

2. (statue) bust

   Il a décoré son salon avec un magnifique buste de femme en bronze.

   He decorated his salon with a magnificent bronze bust of a woman.

• → Danish: buste
• → Polish: biust
• → Russian: бюст (bjust)
  • → Georgian: ბიუსტი (biusṭi)

• “buste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• butes, bûtes, butés, tubes, tubés

buste f

1. plural of busta

buste

1. Alternative form of bresten

buste ?

1. blanket