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.