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bru

See also: BRU, brú, and brù

English

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Etymology

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From Afrikaans broer. Doublet of brother, friar, and pal.

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Noun

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bru (plural brus)

  1. (South Africa) bro; bra; term of address for a man
    • 2006, Guy Brown, Hijack!: cracking one of South Africa's most violent carjacking syndicates, page 37:
      "Nice little bonus for you, hey bru," Paul was saying.
    • 2013, Nick Roddy, Out of Jericho, page 200:
      “Listen, bru, don't take this the wrong way, but I grew up with the black man. Never underestimate him and never overestimate him. […]

Interjection

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bru

  1. (slang) Alternative spelling of bruh

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From Frankish *brūn.

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Adjective

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bru (feminine bruna, masculine plural bruns, feminine plural brunes)

  1. dark brown

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Noun

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bru m (plural bruns)

  1. dark brown

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French

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Etymology

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From Middle French bru, from Old French bru, brui, bruz, from Late Latin bruta, brutis, from Old High German brūt (“daughter-in-law, bride”) or Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bruþs, “daughter-in-law”); both from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride, daughter-in-law”). Akin to Old English brȳd (“bride”), English bride.

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bru f (plural brus)

  1. (regional) daughter-in-law
    Synonym: belle-fille
    Antonym: gendre

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  • The word is slightly dated in general European French, but current in many regions, including Canada.

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Middle English

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Noun

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bru

  1. Alternative form of browe

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Norwegian Nynorsk bru, akin to the spoken form of the Oslo area; from Old West Norse brú. Went into use with the 1938 spelling reform during the Samnorsk policy. Doublet of bro, from Danish bro.

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bru f or m (definite singular brua or bruen, indefinite plural bruer, definite plural bruene)

  1. bridge

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Old West Norse brú.

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Noun

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bru f (definite singular brua, indefinite plural bruer, definite plural bruene)

  1. bridge
    Dette er den lengste brua i verda.
    This is the longest bridge in the world.

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”).

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Noun

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brū f

  1. an eyelash
  2. an eyebrow

Declension

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Declension of ' (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative brū brūwa, brūwe
accusative brūwe brūwa, brūwe
genitive brūwe brūwa
dative brūwe brūwum

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  • Middle English: browe, broȝ, brou, brow, bru, brouwe, brwe, bruwe
    • English: brow
    • Geordie English: broo
    • Scots: broo

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Old French

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Noun

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bru oblique singular, f (oblique plural brus, nominative singular bru, nominative plural brus)

  1. daughter-in-law

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References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bru, supplement)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Khasian *bruː. Cognate with Khasi briew. Compare Proto-Khmuic *-brɔʔ (“person, man”) (whence Khmu [Cuang] cmbrɔʔ), Proto-Katuic *ɓruu (“mountain”) (whence the autonym Bru), Proto-Vietic *b-ruːʔ (whence Vietnamese rú), Santali ᱵᱩᱨᱩ (buru).

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Noun

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bru

  1. person
    u bru ― man
    uni u bru ― this man
    ka bru ― woman
    kani ka bru ― this woman

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbru/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: bru

Noun

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bru m inan

  1. genitive singular of ber

Puyuma

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Noun

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bru

  1. (in females' ritual language) water

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  • ənay (general term)
  • nanum (ritual term used by males)

References

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  • Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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