brusque

English

Alternative forms

• brusk

Etymology

From French brusque, from Italian brusco (“rude, sharp, sour”); origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɹuːsk/, X-SAMPA: /br\u:sk/
• (US) IPA: /bɹʌsk/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌsk

Adjective

brusque (comparative brusquer or more brusque, superlative brusquest or most brusque)

1. Rudely abrupt, unfriendly.
   • 1858, Anthony Trollope, Dr Thorne, ch. 3:

     He was brusque, authoritative, given to contradiction, rough though never dirty in his personal belongings, and inclined to indulge in a sort of quiet raillery.

Quotations

• For more examples of usage of this term, see the citations page.

Related terms

• brusquely
• brusqueness

Translations

rudely abrupt, unfriendly

• Armenian: բռի (hy) (bṙi)
• Bulgarian: груб (bg) (grub), рязък (bg) (rjázǎk), безцеремонен (bg) (besceremónen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唐突 (cmn) (tángtū), 粗暴 (cmn) (cūbào), 無禮 (cmn), 无礼 (cmn) (wúlǐ)

• Czech: bryskní (cs)
• Danish: brysk (da)
• Dutch: bruusk (nl)
• Finnish: töykeä (fi)
• French: brusque (fr)
• German: brüskierend (de), brüsk (de)
• Hungarian: nyers (hu), durva (hu)

• Icelandic: þurr á manninn (is), þurr á manninn (is) m, stuttur í spuna (is) m, stuttaralegur (is) m, hranalegur (is) m, byrstur (is) m, ruddalegur (is) m
• Indonesian: serampangan, kasar, hantam kromo
• Italian: brusco (it) m, brusca (it) f
• Japanese: 素っ気ない (ja) (そっけない, sokkenai), ぶっきら棒な (ja) (ぶっきらぼうな, bukkirabō na), 無礼な (ja) (ぶれいな, burei na)
• Polish: opryskliwy (pl) m, szorstki (pl) m
• Portuguese: brusco (pt) m, brusca (pt) f
• Russian: грубый (ru) (grúbyj), резкий (ru) (rézkij), бесцеремонный (ru) (besceremónnyj)
• Swedish: brysk (sv)

References

• brusque in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• brusque in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• brusque at OneLook Dictionary Search

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French

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Etymology

From Italian brusco.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʁysk/

• brusque

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Adjective

brusque (masculine and feminine, plural brusques)

1. abrupt (sudden or hasty)

Verb

brusque

1. first-person singular present indicative of brusquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of brusquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of brusquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of brusquer
5. second-person singular imperative of brusquer