bussola

See also: bússola

Italian

Etymology

From Latin buxis (box), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbus.so.la/
  • Rhymes: -ussola
  • Hyphenation: bùs‧so‧la

Noun

bussola f (plural bussole)

  1. compass (navigation instrument)
  2. bush (mechanical part)
  3. sedan chair
  4. revolving door
  5. ballot box

Descendants

  • Albanian: busull, busulla
  • Arabic: بُوصُلَة (būṣula), بُوصِلَة (būṣila)
  • Bulgarian: бу́сола (búsola)
  • Catalan: brúixola
  • Dalmatian: bȕsula
  • French: boussole
  • Greek: μπούσουλας (boúsoulas)
  • Macedonian: бусола (busola)
  • Portuguese: bússola
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: бу̀сола
    Latin script: bùsola
  • Spanish: brújula
  • Ottoman Turkish: پوصوله (pusula), پوسوله (pusula), پوصولا (pusula), پوسولا (pusula), پوصله (pusla), پوسله (pusla), پوصلا (pusla), پوسلا (pusla)
    • Turkish: pusula
    • Armenian: փուսուլա (pʻusula)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: پِسوولە (pisûle)
      Northern Kurdish: pisûle

Noun

bussola m (plural bussolai)

  1. a type of ring-shaped breadstick from Burano

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bussola (compass). Coined by Swedish-Italian restaurateur Giuseppe Sperandio.

Noun

bussola c

  1. A pizza garnished with tomato sauce, cheese, ham and prawn; a vesuvio with prawns.
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