Büste

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) bust (sculptural portrayal of a person′s head and shoulders)
2. (feminine) bust (the breast and upper thorax of a woman)
3. (feminine) (tailor′s, dressmaker′s) dummy

Name

A village incorporated in the town of Bismark (Altmark), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Concepts

bust

figure

half length portrait

image

manikin

mannequin

picture

portrait

statue

Büste

Bust

tailor's dummy

Synonyms

Statue

Busen

Melonen

weibliche Brust

Brüste

Plastik

Skulptur

Titten

Hupen

Brustbild

Möpse

Model

Standbild

Oberkörper

Figur

Statuette

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʏstə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian: busto

Borrowed from French: buste

In summary

* The word was borrowed from Italian busto and French buste in the 18th century: More precisely, at the beginning of the 18th century the Busto and Buste were borrowed from Italian busto, and since the 2nd half of the 18th century, under influence of French buste which was also borrowed from Italian, the German word Büste was applied in general use. Further details about the origin are not certain. The Italian word might be from Latin bustum (“funeral pyre, burial mound”), presuming that bustum in the sense of tomb could denote a figural representation of the person deceased.
* In the sense of “female breast, bosom” it is applied in general use since the middle of the 19th century as a probable new borrowing from French buste “idem”.