# fusta
## 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: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfus.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfus.ta]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

fusta f (plural fustes)
* wood, timber
* 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: /ˈfusta/ [ˈfus.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -usta
* Syllabification: fus‧ta

### Noun

fusta (plural fusta-fusta)
* (dated) light boat

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfu.sta/
* 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)
* (historical) a kind of fast galley used mainly by pirates
    Hypernym: galea

##### Descendants

* → Albanian: fustë

#### References

* ↑ “fusta$^1$”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 6 fio–graul, UTET, 1970, page 507f.
* ↑ fusta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

fusta f (plural fuste)
* (archaic) torch
    Synonyms: fiaccola, torcia
* (archaic) strong rope, especially if made of rushes
    Synonym: fune

#### References

* ↑ “fusta$^2$”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 6 fio–graul, UTET, 1970, page 508a

### Further reading

* fusta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

## Latin
### Etymology

From fustis (“cudgel, staff”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfuːs.ta/, [ˈfuːs̠t̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfus.ta/, [ˈfust̪ä]

### Noun

fūsta f (genitive fūstae); first declension
* (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) beam

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* fustibalus
* fustīgō
* fustis

#### Descendants

* 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’s 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: /ˈfysto/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

fusta f (plural fustas)
* wood, lumber
* beam

#### Dialectal variants

* husta (Gascon)

#### Derived terms

* fustatge
* fustam
* fustariá
* fustièr

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfusta]

### Noun

fusta f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of fustă

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfusta/ [ˈfus.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -usta
* Syllabification: fus‧ta

### Noun

fusta f (plural fustas)
* thin flexible stick or whip used to spur horses
    Synonym: látigo
* a type of wool fabric
* light boat with one or two masts, often used for exploration
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “fuste”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 983