About "bust"
How to Split "bust" into Syllables
The word bust is divided into 1 syllables: bust. Understanding this syllable division is essential for correct pronunciation and spelling.
📝 Syllable Breakdown
- bust — 1st syllable
🔊 Pronunciation Guide
The phonetic transcription of bust:
- IPA: /ˈbʌst/
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📖 Definitions
- bust (third-person singular simple present busts, present participle busting, simple past and past participle busted or bust)
- 1962, The Manchurian Candidate, 01:56:35
📚 Word Origin & History
From a nonrhotic pronunciation of burst, which goes back to Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low German basten, a variant of barsten (“to burst”). Borrowed from French buste, from Italian busto (“torso, upper body”), from Latin bustum (“funeral monument, tomb," originally "funeral pyre, place where corpses are burned”). Perhaps shortened from Latin ambustum, neuter of ambustus (“scorched”), past participle of ambūrō (“burn all ov...
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📊 Similar Words Comparison
Compare bust with related words to understand syllable patterns:
| Word | Syllables | Division |
|---|---|---|
| bust | 1 | bust |
| buckwheat | 1 | buckwheat |
| beset | 2 | be-set |
| biscuit | 2 | bi-scuit |
| bucktoothed | 2 | bucktooth-ed |
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