French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *brūgere (attested in the third-person singular indicative form brugit), from a crossing of Latin rugīre (compare French rugir) + *bragere (whence French braire). Compare English burr.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bʁɥiʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

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bruire

  1. to make a low noise
  2. to rustle
  3. to rattle
  4. to roar

Conjugation

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  • This verb is conjugated as if it ended in -ir.
  • Archaic forms based on the conjugation of fuir (e.g. bruyais) may also be encountered.

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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Italian

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Verb

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bruìre (first-person singular present (rare) bruìsco, first-person singular past historic bruìi, no past participle) (intransitive, literary) [auxiliary avere]

  1. to gurgle

Conjugation

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