fust

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fust, from Old French fust (“wood; bole, tree trunk”) (modern French fût), from Latin fūstis (“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”) or *gʷʰen- (“to strike; to kill, slay”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /fʌst/ Rhymes: -ʌst ==== Noun ==== fust (plural fusts) A strong musty smell; mustiness. (architecture) The shaft (main body) of a column. ===== Derived terms ===== fusted (adjective) fustily fustiness fusty ===== Related terms ===== fuster fustigate fustigation ==== Verb ==== fust (third-person singular simple present fusts, present participle fusting, simple past and past participle fusted) (intransitive, obsolete) To turn mouldy, to decay. (intransitive) Of wine: to acquire an undesirable musty or woody taste from the cask in which it is stored. === Etymology 2 === Possibly from Portuguese fusta (“fust”), from Latin fusta (“beam (of wood)”), from fūstis (“knobbed stick, cudgel, club”); compare Middle French fuste. ==== Noun ==== fust (plural fusts) (nautical, historical) A type of small galley. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== fust (not comparable) Nonstandard form of first. ==== Adverb ==== fust (not comparable) Nonstandard form of first. === Anagrams === STFU, UTFs == Catalan == === Etymology === From Latin fūstis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfust] === Noun === fust m (plural fusts or fustos) beam Synonym: biga shaft Synonym: tronc ==== Related terms ==== fusta === Further reading === “fust”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Dutch == === Etymology === From earlier fuste (“type of wine barrel”), from Middle Dutch fuust (“barrel”), borrowed from Old French fust (“wine barrel, piece of wood”), from Latin fusta, fustum (“block of wood, barrel”), from earlier fustis (“cludgel”). Cognate with English fust. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ʏst === Noun === fust n (plural fusten, diminutive fustje n) cask (e.g. containing beer) == Middle French == === Etymology 1 === From Latin fuit. ==== Verb ==== fust alternative form of fut: third-person singular past historic of estre === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Latin fuisset. ==== Verb ==== fust third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of estre ===== Descendants ===== French: fût === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Old French fust, from Latin fūstis. ==== Noun ==== fust m wood (material) ===== Descendants ===== French: fût == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === fust neuter of fus == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === fust neuter of fus == Old French == === Etymology 1 === see estre. ==== Alternative forms ==== fu fut fud (early Old French) ==== Verb ==== fust third-person singular past historic of estre ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: fust French: fut === Etymology 2 === From Latin fustis. ==== Noun ==== fust oblique singular, m (oblique plural fuz or futz, nominative singular fuz or futz, nominative plural fust) wood (material from a plant) wooden beam or plank bole (part of a tree trunk) club (weapon) ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: fust French: fût == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *fūsti. === Noun === fūst f fist ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: fūst, vūst, voust Alemannic German: Fuuscht, Pfuuscht Bavarian: Faust Cimbrian: vòista, bòista (Mezzaselva) Central Franconian: Fuus, Faust Hunsrik: Faust Luxembourgish: Fauscht German: Faust Yiddish: פֿויסט (foyst)