bru
English edit
Etymology edit
From Afrikaans broer. Doublet of brother, friar, and pal.
Noun edit
bru (plural brus)
- (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 edit
bru
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
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Adjective edit
bru (feminine bruna, masculine plural bruns, feminine plural brunes)
- dark brown
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
bru m (plural bruns)
- dark brown
Further reading edit
- “bru” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bru”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “bru” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bru” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bru f (plural brus)
- (regional) daughter-in-law
- Synonym: belle-fille
- Antonym: gendre
Usage notes edit
- The word is slightly dated in general European French, but current in many regions, including Canada.
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “bru”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
bru
- Alternative form of browe
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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.
Noun edit
bru f or m (definite singular brua or bruen, indefinite plural bruer, definite plural bruene)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old West Norse brú.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bru f (definite singular brua, indefinite plural bruer, definite plural bruene)
- bridge
- Dette er den lengste brua i verda.
- This is the longest bridge in the world.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “bru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brū f
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- oferbrū (“eyebrow”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “bru”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
bru oblique singular, f (oblique plural brus, nominative singular bru, nominative plural brus)
Descendants edit
- French: bru
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bru, supplement)
Pnar edit
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bru
- person
- u bru ― man
- uni u bru ― this man
- ka bru ― woman
- kani ka bru ― this woman
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bru m inan
Puyuma edit
Noun edit
bru
- (in females' ritual language) water
Synonyms edit
References edit
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary