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

• Audio:

  (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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fusta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “fusta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fusta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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