Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From French bureau.

Noun edit

byrå n (definite singular byrået, indefinite plural byrå or byråer, definite plural byråa or byråene)

  1. agency, bureau, office

Derived terms edit

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From French bureau.

Noun edit

byrå n (definite singular byrået, indefinite plural byrå, definite plural byråa)

  1. agency, bureau, office

Derived terms edit

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bureau (office), from bure (woolen cloth). Thus originally a type of coarse woolen cloth used to cover a writing desk.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbyːˌrɔ/, /ˈbyːrɔ/, /bʏˈroː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oː

Noun edit

byrå c

  1. a bureau, a dresser, a chest of drawers
  2. a bureau, an office, an agency

Usage notes edit

Declension edit

Declension of byrå 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative byrå byrån byråar byråarna
Genitive byrås byråns byråars byråarnas
Declension of byrå 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative byrå byrån byråer byråerna
Genitive byrås byråns byråers byråernas

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