See also: BRU, brú, and brù

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

bru

  1. (slang) Alternative spelling of bruh

Anagrams edit

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From Frankish *brūn.

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Adjective edit

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

  1. dark brown

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Noun edit

bru m (plural bruns)

  1. dark brown

Further reading edit

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

  • IPA(key): /bʁy/
  • (file)

Noun edit

bru f (plural brus)

  1. (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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Middle English edit

Noun edit

bru

  1. Alternative form of browe

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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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)

  1. bridge

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

From Old West Norse brú.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

brū f

  1. an eyelash
  2. an eyebrow

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

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

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Old French edit

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Noun edit

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

  1. daughter-in-law

Descendants edit

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 ), Santali ᱵᱩᱨᱩ (buru).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bru

  1. person
    u bruman
    uni u bruthis man
    ka bruwoman
    kani ka bruthis woman

Polish edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

bru m inan

  1. genitive singular of ber

Puyuma edit

Noun edit

bru

  1. (in females' ritual language) water

Synonyms edit

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

References edit

  • Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary