fuse

See also fusé

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: fyo͞oz, IPA: /fjuːz/, SAMPA: /fju:z/
• Rhymes: -uːz

Etymology 1

From Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fusus "spindle".

Noun

fuse (plural fuses)

1. (also fuze in US) A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
2. (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
3. A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit.
4. Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.

   When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.

Translations

cord

Chinese: Mandarin: 导火线 (zh) (dǎohuǒxiàn), 导火索 (zh) (dǎohuǒsuǒ) , 导爆线 (zh) (dǎobàoxiàn) Croatian: fìtīlj (hr) m. Czech: doutnák (cs) m. Finnish: sytytyslanka (fi) French: cordeau (fr) m., mèche (fr) German: Zündschnur (de) f. Greek: θρυαλλίδα (el) (thryallída) f., φιτίλι (el) (fitíli) n.

Italian: miccia (it) f. Japanese: 導火線 (ja) (doukasen) Norwegian: lunte (no) c. Polish: lont (pl) m. Portuguese: pavio (pt) Russian: фитиль (ru) (fitíl’) m., огнепроводный шнур (ru) (ogneprovódnyj šnur) m. Spanish: mecha (es) f. Swedish: stubin, stubintråd Thai: ชนวน (chánuan)

device igniting charge

Chinese: Mandarin: 導火線 (cmn), 导火线 (cmn) (dǎohuǒxiàn), 信管 (cmn) (xìnguǎn) Croatian: upàljāč (hr) m. Czech: doutnák (cs) m. Dutch: lont (nl) Estonian: sütik (et) Finnish: sytytin (fi) French: détonateur (fr) m. German: Zünder (de) m. Greek: θρυαλλίδα (el) (thryallída) f., εμπύρευμα (el) (empýrevma) n.

Italian: miccia (it) f. Japanese: 導火線 (ja) (どうかせん, dōkasen), 信管 (ja) (しんかん, shinkan) Norwegian: tennsats m., fenghette c. Polish: zapalnik (pl) m. Portuguese: pavio (pt) Russian: запал (ru) (zapál) m., детонатор (ru) (detonátor) m. Spanish: espoleta (es) f. Swedish: tändrör Thai: ชนวน (chánuan)

device preventing overloading of a circuit

Afrikaans: smeltdraad (af) Chinese: Mandarin: 保險絲 (cmn), 保险丝 (cmn) (bǎoxiǎnsī) Croatian: osigùrāč (hr) m. Czech: pojistka (cs) f. Dutch: zekering (nl) Finnish: sulake (fi), varoke (fi) French: fusible (fr) m. German: Sicherung (de) f. Greek: τηκτασφάλεια (el) (tiktasfáleia) f. Italian: fusibile (it) m. Japanese: ヒューズ (ja) (hyūzu)

Malay: fius (ms) Norwegian: sikring (no) c. Polish: bezpiecznik (pl) m. Portuguese: fusível (pt) m. Russian: (плавкий) предохранитель (ru) (plávkij predoxranítel’) m., пробка (ru) (próbka) f. (colloquial) Slovak: poistky (sk) pl., poistka (sk) f. Sotho: lethose (st), fiyusi (st) Spanish: fusible (es) m. Swedish: säkring, propp Thai: ฟิวส์ (fiw)

Etymology 2

From fusion, "to melt" (back-formation).

Verb

fuse (third-person singular simple present fuses, present participle fusing, simple past and past participle fused)

1. (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
2. (intransitive) To melt together.
3. To furnish with or install a fuse.

Translations

transitive: to melt together

Chinese: Mandarin: 熔化 (zh) (rónghuà), 混合 (zh) (hùnhé) Dutch: versmelten (nl) Finnish: sulauttaa (fi)

Manx: co-lheie (gv) Polish: stopić (pl), połączyć (pl) Portuguese: fundir (pt) Russian: сплавлять (ru) (splavlját')

intransitive: to melt together

Chinese: Mandarin: 熔化 (zh) (rónghuà), 混合 (zh) (hùnhé) Dutch: samensmelten (nl)

Finnish: sulautua (fi) Manx: co-lheie (gv) Russian: сплавляться (ru) (splavlját'sja)

transitive: to furnish with a fuse

Chinese: Mandarin: 装 (zh) (zhuāng)引信 (zh) (xìnguǎn)

Dutch: smelten (nl)

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: fusent, fuses

Verb

fuse

1. first-person singular present indicative of fuser
2. third-person singular present indicative of fuser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fuser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of fuser
5. second-person singular imperative of fuser

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Italian

Adjective

fuse pl.

1. feminine form of fuso

Verb form

fuse

1. Third-person singular indicative past historic of fondere.
2. Feminine plural past participle of fondere.

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Latin

Participle

fūse

1. vocative masculine singular of fūsus

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fuˈse]

Verb

fuse

1. third-person singular simple perfect form of fi. he/she has been

Synonyms

• fu (informal)

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Venetian

Verb

fuse

1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of èser
2. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of èser
3. third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of èser