fuse

See also fusé

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: fyo͞oz, IPA: /fjuːz/, X-SAMPA: /fju:z/
• Rhymes: -uːz

Etymology 1

From Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fusus "spindle".

Noun

fuse (plural fuses)

1. (also fuze in US) A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
2. (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
3. A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit.
4. Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.

   When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.

Translations

cord

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: {{t|cmn|导火线|tr=[[dǎohuǒxiàn|sc=Hani}}, 导火索 (cmn) (dǎohuǒsuǒ) , 导爆线 (cmn) (dǎobàoxiàn)

• Czech: doutnák (cs) m
• Finnish: sytytyslanka (fi)
• French: cordeau (fr) m, mèche (fr)
• German: Zündschnur (de) f
• Greek: θρυαλλίδα (el) (thryallída) f, φιτίλι (el) (fitíli) n
• Italian: miccia (it) f

• Japanese: 導火線 (ja) (doukasen)
• Norwegian: lunte (no) c
• Polish: lont (pl) m
• Portuguese: pavio (pt)
• Russian: фитиль (ru) (fitíl’) m, огнепроводный шнур (ru) (ogneprovódnyj šnur) m
• Serbo-Croatian: fìtīlj (sh) m
• Spanish: mecha (es) f
• Swedish: stubin, stubintråd
• Thai: ชนวน]] (chánuan)

device igniting charge

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 導火線 (cmn), 导火线 (cmn) (dǎohuǒxiàn), 信管 (cmn) (xìnguǎn)

• Czech: doutnák (cs) m
• Dutch: lont (nl)
• Estonian: sütik (et)
• Finnish: sytytin (fi)
• French: détonateur (fr) m
• German: Zünder (de) m
• Greek: θρυαλλίδα (el) (thryallída) f, εμπύρευμα (el) (empýrevma) n
• Italian: miccia (it) f

• Japanese: 導火線 (ja) (どうかせん, dōkasen), 信管 (ja) (しんかん, shinkan)
• Norwegian: tennsats m, fenghette c
• Polish: zapalnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: pavio (pt)
• Russian: запал (ru) (zapál) m, детонатор (ru) (detonátor) m
• Serbo-Croatian: upàljāč (sh) m
• Spanish: espoleta (es) f
• Swedish: tändrör
• Thai: ชนวน (chánuan)

device preventing overloading of a circuit

• Afrikaans: smeltdraad (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保險絲 (cmn), 保险丝 (cmn) (bǎoxiǎnsī)

• Czech: pojistka (cs) f
• Danish: sikring (da) c
• Dutch: zekering (nl)
• Finnish: sulake (fi), varoke (fi)
• French: fusible (fr) m
• German: Sicherung (de) f
• Greek: τηκτασφάλεια (el) (tiktasfáleia) f
• Italian: fusibile (it) m
• Japanese: ヒューズ (ja) (hyūzu)
• Lithuanian: saugiklis (lt) m

• Malay: fius (ms)
• Norwegian: sikring (no) c
• Persian: فیوز (fa)
• Polish: bezpiecznik (pl) m
• Portuguese: fusível (pt) m
• Russian: (плавкий) предохранитель (ru) (plávkij predoxranítel’) m, пробка (ru) (próbka) f (colloquial)
• Serbo-Croatian: osigùrāč (sh) m
• Slovak: poistky (sk) pl, poistka (sk) f
• Sotho: lethose (st), fiyusi (st)
• Spanish: fusible (es) m
• Swedish: säkring, propp
• Thai: ฟิวส์ (fiw)

Etymology 2

From fusion, "to melt" (back-formation).

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
2. (intransitive) To melt together.
3. To furnish with or install a fuse.

Translations

transitive: to melt together

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熔化 (cmn) (rónghuà), 混合 (cmn) (hùnhé)

• Dutch: versmelten (nl)
• Finnish: sulauttaa (fi)
• Greek: τήκω (el) (tíko), λιώνω (el) (lióno)
• Manx: co-lheie (gv)

• Polish: stopić (pl), połączyć (pl)
• Portuguese: fundir (pt)
• Russian: сплавлять (ru) (splavlját')
• Spanish: fundir (es)
• Swedish: sammansmälta (sv)

intransitive: to melt together

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熔化 (cmn) (rónghuà), 混合 (cmn) (hùnhé)

• Dutch: samensmelten (nl)
• Finnish: sulautua (fi)

• Greek: τήκομαι (el) (tíkomai)
• Manx: co-lheie (gv)
• Russian: сплавляться (ru) (splavlját'sja)
• Swedish: sammansmälta (sv)

transitive: to furnish with a fuse

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 装 (cmn) (zhuāng)引信 (cmn) (xìnguǎn)

• Dutch: smelten (nl)
• Swedish: säkra (sv)

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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. first-person singular present subjunctive of fuser
5. second-person singular imperative of fuser

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Italian

Adjective

fuse pl

1. feminine form of fuso

Verb form

fuse

1. Third-person singular indicative past historic of fondere.
2. Feminine plural past participle of fondere.

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Latin

Participle

fūse

1. vocative masculine singular of fūsus

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fuˈse]

Verb

fuse

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

Synonyms

• fu (informal)

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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