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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (fusa).

Noun

fusa pl (plural only)

1. (sumo) The four knotted tassels hanging from the roof of the dohyo; symbolising the four seasons.

Anagrams

• USAF, aufs, sauf

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.za/
• Homophones: fusas, fusât

Verb

fusa

1. third-person singular past historic of fuser

Irish

Alternative forms

• usa

Etymology

From earlier usa, from Old Irish assu. Similar to development of fuar and feic, the initial f- of Modern Irish comes from a misinterpretation of usa as fhusa in lenition environments.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??s??/

Adjective

fusa

1. comparative degree of furasta (“easy”)

Mutation

Further reading

• Entries containing “fusa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “fusa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

• "fusa" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Etymology 1

From [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù?sa

Adjective

fusa

1. feminine singular of fuso

Participle

fusa

1. feminine singular of fuso

Etymology 2

Archaic irregular plural of fuso (“spindle”), used in sense 2 probably for the sound being similar to that of a spinning spindle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fu.za/, (traditional) /?fu.sa/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù?sa

Noun

fusa f pl

1. (archaic, literary) plural of fuso (“spindle”)
2. (plural only) purr (sound made by a cat)

Etymology 3

From French fusée (“fusil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: fù?sa

Noun

fusa f (plural fuse)

1. (music) quasihemidemisemiquaver, semihemidemisemiquaver (hundred twenty-eighth note)

Further reading

• fusa (music) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Japanese

Romanization

fusa

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Pronunciation

• (f?sa) (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fu?.sa/, [?fu?s?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fu.sa/, [?fu?s??]
• (f?s?) (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fu?.sa?/, [?fu?s?ä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fu.sa/, [?fu?s??]

Participle 1

f?sa

1. inflection of f?sus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Participle 2

f?s?

1. ablative feminine singular of f?sus

Noun

f?sa f (genitive f?sae); first declension

1. (music) quaver (British), eighth note (US)

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• fusa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fuse (verb) (e and split infinitives)

Verb

fusa (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fus)

1. rush

References

• “fusa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian fusa, from French fusée.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?fu.z?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?fu.za/, /?fu.z?/
• Hyphenation: fu?sa

Noun

fusa f (plural fusas)

1. (music) demisemiquaver (thirty-second note)

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

fusa

1. Alternative form of fasa

Mutation

References

• “fusa” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: fyo?oz, IPA^(key): /fju?z/
• Hyphenation: fuse
• Rhymes: -u?z

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin f?sus (“spindle”).

Noun

fuse (plural fuses)

1. A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.

   Synonym: fuze (US)

3. (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.

   Synonym: fuze

5. (electrical engineering) A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
6. (figuratively) Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.

7. A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
8. A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.

Usage notes

Professional publications about explosives and munitions distinguish the fuse and fuze spellings. The latter is preferred for the sense “mechanism that ignites the charge”.

Derived terms

• blow a fuse
• fusebox
• fuse wire
• short fuse

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from fusion (“to melt”).

Verb

fuse (third-person singular simple present fuses, present participle fusing, simple past and past participle fused)

2. (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
3. (intransitive) To melt together.
4. To furnish with or install a fuse.
5. (organic chemistry) To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings

Synonyms

• (mix indistinguishably): See also Thesaurus:homogenize
• (melt together): meld, smelt

Translations

Anagrams

• feus

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: fusent, fuses

Verb

fuse

1. first-person singular present indicative of fuser
2. third-person singular present indicative of fuser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fuser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fuser
5. second-person singular imperative of fuser

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uze

Adjective

fuse

1. feminine plural of fuso

Noun

fuse f pl

1. plural of fusa

Participle

fuse f pl

1. feminine plural of fuso

Verb

fuse

1. third-person singular past historic of fondere

Latin

Participle

f?se

1. vocative masculine singular of f?sus

Adverb

f?s? (comparative f?sius, superlative f?sissim?)

1. widely, extensively
2. in great detail
3. loosely, roughly

References

• fuse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fuse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fuse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fuse (present tense fuser, past tense fuste, past participle fust)

1. rush

Adjective

fuse

1. inflection of fus:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

References

• “fuse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fusa (verb) (a infinitive)

Verb

fuse (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fus)

1. rush

Adjective

fuse

1. inflection of fus:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural
2. neuter of fusen

References

• “fuse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fu.se]

Etymology 1

Verb

fuse

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of fi: he/she has been

Synonyms

• fu (informal)

Etymology 2

Noun

fuse n

1. indefinite plural of fus

Venetian

Verb

fuse

1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of èser
2. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of èser
3. third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of èser