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)
- compass (navigation instrument)
- bush (mechanical part)
- sedan chair
- revolving door
- 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:
- → 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
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bussola (“compass”). Coined by Swedish-Italian restaurateur Giuseppe Sperandio.
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