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 (pʿusula)
    • 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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