fusta

See also: fustă

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin fusta (“beam”), from Latin fustis, with a change in gender. See also the dialectal or archaic fust.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈfus.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈfus.ta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Noun

fusta f (plural fustes)

1. wood, timber
2. constitution, makings

   No tenia la fusta de polític.

   He didn't have the makings of a politician.

Derived terms

• fustam
• fuster

Further reading

• “fusta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “fusta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “fusta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “fusta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Cornish

Etymology

From fust (“club, cudgel”) +‎ -a.

Verb

fusta

1. to batter, beat (with a club)
2. to thresh

   Synonyms: drushya, gweskel

Conjugation

Conjugation of fusta

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present/future	fustav	fustydh	fust	fustyn	fustowgh	fustons	fustir
	preterite	fustis	fustsys	fustas	fustsyn	fustsowgh	fustsons	fustas
	imperfect	fusten	fustes	fusta	fusten	fustewgh	fustens	fustys
	pluperfect	fustsen	fustses	fustsa	fustsen	fustsewgh	fustsens	fustsys
subjunctive	present/future	fustiv	fusti	fusto	fustyn	fustowgh	fustons	fuster
	imperfect	fusten	fustes	fusta	fusten	fustewgh	fustens	fustys
imperative		—	fust	fustes	fustyn	fustewgh	fustens	—
non-finites		present participle			verbal adjective
		ow fusta			fustys

Derived terms

• jynn-fusta (“threshing machine”)

References

• “fusta” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese fusta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈfusta/ [ˈfus.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -usta
• Syllabification: fus‧ta

Noun

fusta (plural fusta-fusta)

1. (dated) light boat

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfus.ta/
• Rhymes: -usta
• Hyphenation: fù‧sta

Etymology 1

From Latin fūstis (“beam”), possibly through Venetan. Compare Portuguese and Spanish fusta, Old French fuste. Doublet of fusto and of below.

Noun

fusta f (plural fuste)

1. (historical) a kind of fast galley used mainly by pirates

   Hypernym: galea

Descendants

• → Albanian: fustë

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin fūstis m. Doublet of fusto and of above.

Noun

fusta f (plural fuste)

1. (archaic) torch

   Synonyms: fiaccola, torcia

2. (archaic) strong rope, especially if made of rushes

   Synonym: fune

Further reading

• fusta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Etymology

From fustis (“cudgel, staff”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfuːs.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfus.ta]

Noun

fūsta f (genitive fūstae); first declension

1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) beam

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fūsta	fūstae
genitive	fūstae	fūstārum
dative	fūstae	fūstīs
accusative	fūstam	fūstās
ablative	fūstā	fūstīs
vocative	fūsta	fūstae

Related terms

• fustibalus
• fustīgō
• fustis

Descendants

• Asturian: fusta
• Catalan: fusta
• Italian: fusta
  • → Albanian: fustë
• Middle French: fuste
• Occitan: fusta
• Portuguese: fusta
  • → English: fust
• Spanish: fusta

References

• "fusta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Occitan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin fūsta (“beam, log”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfysto/

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Noun

fusta f (plural fustas)

1. wood, lumber
2. beam

Dialectal variants

• husta (Gascon)

Derived terms

• fustatge
• fustam
• fustariá
• fustièr

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfusta]

Noun

fusta f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fustă

Spanish

Etymology

Feminized counterpart to Spanish fuste. Compare Catalan fusta, Portuguese fusta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfusta/ [ˈfus.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -usta
• Syllabification: fus‧ta

Noun

fusta f (plural fustas)

1. thin flexible stick or whip used to spur horses

   Synonym: látigo

2. a type of wool fabric
3. light boat with one or two masts, often used for exploration
4. bundle of sticks, branches and/or firewood

Derived terms

• fustazo

Further reading

• “fusta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “fuste”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 983