buste
French, noun/byst/
buste is spelled B-U-S-T-E (5 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buste is a French masculine noun meaning “bust, torso” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tête et partie supérieure du corps d’une personne”.
What does buste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebust, torso
Une chaîne en or orne son buste.
- 2
masculinebust
Il a décoré son salon avec un magnifique buste de femme en bronze.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tête et partie supérieure du corps d’une personne. 2. Ouvrage de sculpture représentant la tête et la partie supérieure du corps d’une personne sans les bras. 3. Ouvrage de peinture, de gravure, etc. qui représente cette partie de l'anatomie.
noun: 1. Boite en bois de sapin, destinée à conserver les raisins de Damas.
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 buste
- bustes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce buste?
- /byst/
- \byst\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to buste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is buste in French?
buste appears 4.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).