busc
French, noun/bysk/
busc is spelled B-U-S-C (4 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Busc is a French masculine noun meaning “busk (of corset)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lame d’acier, plate, étroite et arrondie aux deux bouts (anciennement on utilisait des fanons de baleine)…”.
What does busc mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebusk (of corset)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lame d’acier, plate, étroite et arrondie aux deux bouts (anciennement on utilisait des fanons de baleine), qui servait à maintenir le devant d’un corset. Il se glisse dans la busquière. 2. Partie supérieure d’une crosse de fusil où la joue vient s’appuyer lors de la visée. 3. Saillie dans le radier d’une écluse empêchant le passage de l'eau lorsque les vantaux sont fermés.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of busc
- buscs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce busc?
- /bysk/
- \bysk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to busc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is busc in French?
busc appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).