bushel

English

imperial bushel (2)

Etymology

From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, from boisse, a grain measure based on Gaulish *bostyā (“handful”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”), Old Irish bas), from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-, *gwosdʰ- (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊʃəl/
• (US, dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʃəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: bush‧el
• Rhymes: -ʊʃəl

Noun

bushel (plural bushels)

1. (historical) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 207:

     The quarter, bushel, and peck are nearly universal measures of corn.

2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark iiij:[21]:

     And he sayde unto them: is the candle lighted, to be put under a busshell, or under the borde: ys it not therfore lighted that it shulde be put on a candelsticke?

3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure.

   a heap containing ten bushels of apples

4. (colloquial) A large indefinite quantity.
5. (UK) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.

   Synonym: box

Derived terms

• bushelage
• bushel basket
• bushelful
• busheller
• bushelman
• bushel measure
• bushelwoman
• hide one's light under a bushel
• Winchester bushel

 

Translations

dry measure

• Albanian: çereke (sq), karroqe (sq) m
• Armenian: բուշել (hy) (bušel)
• Catalan: faneca (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏑᏟᎶᏛ (sutlilodv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒲式耳 (zh) (púshì'ěr)

• Czech: bušl m
• Dutch: schepel (nl) m or n
• Finnish: busheli
• French: boisseau (fr) m
• Galician: fanega, celamín, ferrado m (roughly)
• German: Scheffel (de) m
• Hungarian: véka (hu)
• Irish: buiséal m
• Italian: moggio (it) m, staio (it) m
• Japanese: ブッシェル (bussheru)
• Latin: medimnum n, medimnus m
• Macedonian: бу́шел m (búšel), ши́ник m (šínik) (archaic)
• Maori: puhera
• Middle English: busshel
• Norman: bouessé m (Jersey), bouissé m (continental Normandy), buisset m (Guernsey)
• Portuguese: alqueire (pt) m
• Russian: бу́шель (ru) m (búšelʹ)
• Spanish: fanega (es), celemín (es)
• Swedish: skäppa (sv)
• Telugu: తూము (te) (tūmu)
• Walloon: stî (wa) m
• Welsh: bwsiel m

vessel of capacity of a bushel

• Albanian: çerekore (sq)
• Armenian: բուշել (hy) (bušel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒲式耳 (zh) (púshì'ěr)

• Dutch: buisstuk n, korenmaat (nl) c
• Finnish: vakka (fi)
• French: boisseau (fr) m
• German: Scheffel (de) m
• Hungarian: véka (hu)
• Italian: staio (it) m
• Japanese: ブッシェル (bussheru)
• Macedonian: бу́шел m (búšel), ши́ник m (šínik) (archaic)
• Maltese: siegħ m
• Middle English: busshel
• Russian: бу́шель (ru) m (búšelʹ)
• Turkish: kile (tr)
• Walloon: stî (wa) m, cope (wa) f

See also

• kenning (“half a bushel”)

Verb

bushel (third-person singular simple present bushels, present participle busheling or bushelling, simple past and past participle busheled or bushelled)

1. (US, tailoring, transitive, intransitive) To mend or repair clothes.
2. To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.

Further reading

• bushel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuʃel/, [ˈbuʃe̞l]
• Rhymes: -uʃel

Noun

bushel

1. Alternative form of busheli

Declension

Inflection of bushel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		bushel	bushelit
genitive		bushelin	bushelien busheleiden busheleitten
partitive		bushelia	busheleita busheleja
illative		busheliin	busheleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		bushel	bushelit
accusative	nom.	bushel	bushelit
	gen.	bushelin
genitive		bushelin	bushelien busheleiden busheleitten
partitive		bushelia	busheleita busheleja
inessive		bushelissa	busheleissa
elative		bushelista	busheleista
illative		busheliin	busheleihin
adessive		bushelilla	busheleilla
ablative		bushelilta	busheleilta
allative		bushelille	busheleille
essive		bushelina	busheleina
translative		busheliksi	busheleiksi
abessive		bushelitta	busheleitta
instructive		—	bushelein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of bushel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bushelini bushelini accusative nom. bushelini bushelini gen. bushelini genitive bushelini bushelieni busheleideni busheleitteni partitive busheliani busheleitani bushelejani inessive bushelissani busheleissani elative bushelistani busheleistani illative busheliini busheleihini adessive bushelillani busheleillani ablative busheliltani busheleiltani allative bushelilleni busheleilleni essive bushelinani busheleinani translative bushelikseni busheleikseni abessive bushelittani busheleittani instructive — — comitative — busheleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bushelisi bushelisi accusative nom. bushelisi bushelisi gen. bushelisi genitive bushelisi busheliesi busheleidesi busheleittesi partitive busheliasi busheleitasi bushelejasi inessive bushelissasi busheleissasi elative bushelistasi busheleistasi illative busheliisi busheleihisi adessive bushelillasi busheleillasi ablative busheliltasi busheleiltasi allative bushelillesi busheleillesi essive bushelinasi busheleinasi translative busheliksesi busheleiksesi abessive bushelittasi busheleittasi instructive — — comitative — busheleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bushelimme bushelimme accusative nom. bushelimme bushelimme gen. bushelimme genitive bushelimme busheliemme busheleidemme busheleittemme partitive busheliamme busheleitamme bushelejamme inessive bushelissamme busheleissamme elative bushelistamme busheleistamme illative busheliimme busheleihimme adessive bushelillamme busheleillamme ablative busheliltamme busheleiltamme allative bushelillemme busheleillemme essive bushelinamme busheleinamme translative busheliksemme busheleiksemme abessive bushelittamme busheleittamme instructive — — comitative — busheleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bushelinne bushelinne accusative nom. bushelinne bushelinne gen. bushelinne genitive bushelinne bushelienne busheleidenne busheleittenne partitive bushelianne busheleitanne bushelejanne inessive bushelissanne busheleissanne elative bushelistanne busheleistanne illative busheliinne busheleihinne adessive bushelillanne busheleillanne ablative busheliltanne busheleiltanne allative bushelillenne busheleillenne essive bushelinanne busheleinanne translative busheliksenne busheleiksenne abessive bushelittanne busheleittanne instructive — — comitative — busheleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative bushelinsa bushelinsa accusative nom. bushelinsa bushelinsa gen. bushelinsa genitive bushelinsa busheliensa busheleidensa busheleittensa partitive busheliaan busheliansa busheleitaan bushelejaan busheleitansa bushelejansa inessive bushelissaan bushelissansa busheleissaan busheleissansa elative bushelistaan bushelistansa busheleistaan busheleistansa illative busheliinsa busheleihinsa adessive bushelillaan bushelillansa busheleillaan busheleillansa ablative busheliltaan busheliltansa busheleiltaan busheleiltansa allative bushelilleen bushelillensa busheleilleen busheleillensa essive bushelinaan bushelinansa busheleinaan busheleinansa translative bushelikseen busheliksensa busheleikseen busheleiksensa abessive bushelittaan bushelittansa busheleittaan busheleittansa instructive — — comitative — busheleineen busheleinensa

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bushel m (definite singular bushelen, indefinite plural bushel or bushels, definite plural bushelene)

1. a bushel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bushel m (plural bushelen)

1. a bushel

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bushel.

Noun

bushel m (plural busheli)

1. bushel

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bushel	bushelul		busheli	bushelii
genitive-dative	bushel	bushelului		busheli	bushelilor
vocative	bushelule			bushelilor