Bruxelles

English

Etymology

From French Bruxelles.

Proper noun

Bruxelles

1. Synonym of Brussels.
   • 1694, A[bel] Boyer, “Brussels”, in The Martial-Field of Europe: Being a Geographical and Historical Description of Those Parts of Europe, Which Are Most Famous in This Present War, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Salusbury, […], →OCLC, section I, chapter II (Of the Catholick-Provinces or Flanders in General), article II (Of the Dukedoms of Brabant Lat. Brabantia), “Places in Brabant Belonging to the Spaniards”, pages 30–31:

     Bruſſels or Bruxelles, Lat. Bruxellæ, one of the greateſt, beautifulleſt, and beſt peopled City of the Spaniſh Netherlands, is the Capital of the Dutchy of Brabant; […] Bruxelles is a Trading Town, and has ſeveral Manufactures.

   • 1816 June 25, Mark Beaufoy, “Captain Mark Beaufoy”, in Gwendolyn Beaufoy, Leaves from a Beech Tree, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [F]or the Author by Basil Blackwell, published 1930, →OCLC, page 229:

     Charles and Hawley I left at Paris; but they purpose visiting Bruxelles on their return homewards and I shall therefore probably see them again.

   • 1963, Modern Tramway and Rapid Transit Review, volume 26, London: I. Allan, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 370, column 1:

     This new car demonstrates once again the unceasing efforts of the STIB to provide the citizens of Bruxelles with the most modern rolling stock within their financial resources.

   • 2005, Ottagono, numbers 185–186, Milan: Co. P.IN.A.s.r.l., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 60, column 3:

     […] restored historic residence facing onto the Boulevard de Waterloo, in the heart of Bruxelles. The restoration of the interior was done in respect of the typical characteristics of the traditional upper class home in Bruxelles: full-height windows facing onto an interior courtyard; huge wooden doors to divide the interior spaces; the walls in red brick have been re-exposed.

   • 2004, Henri Parens, “Getting into What Happened”, in Renewal of Life: Healing from the Holocaust, Rockville, Md.: Schreiber Publishing, →ISBN, chapter 1 (Incominciamo), page 15:

     “My life that would have been” is the life of which the Nazis robbed me, the one I started to live, as my memory permits, in Bruxelles, Belgium, the life I lived until I was 11 years old.

   • 2012 July 18, Tracy Saunders, “‘It’s All in the Past, Now’: Part 2”, in The Indalo Quest: A Book about Openings and Closure, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 112:

     No-one in French Bruxelles is very much interested in Flemish history.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bruxelles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥ʁyˈsɛl]

Proper noun

Bruxelles

1. Brussels (the capital city of Belgium)

French

Alternative forms

• Brusselle, Brusselles (both obsolete)

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, composed from *brōk (“marsh”) +‎ *sali (“building, room”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁy.sɛl/

• Audio (Belgium, standard France); /bʁy.sɛl/:

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• (Outside of Belgium, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /bʁyk.sɛl/

• Audio (France, nonstandard); /bʁyk.sɛl/:

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Proper noun

Bruxelles f

1. Brussels (the capital city of Belgium)

   Il reste quelques jours de plus à Bruxelles. ― He's staying in Brussels for a few more days.

Derived terms

• bruxellisation
• Bruxellois
• bruxellois
• chou de Bruxelles

See also

• Brussel (in Dutch)

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Bruxelles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brukˈsɛl/, /brusˈsɛl/, (careful style) /brysˈsɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Proper noun

Bruxelles f

1. Brussels (the capital city of Belgium)

   Synonyms: Brusselles, Brusselle, Brussella, Borsella

See also

• brussellese

Romanian

Bruxelles

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bruxelles

1. Brussels (the capital city of Belgium)

Related terms

• bruxellez

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Bruxelles

1. (chiefly Croatia) Alternative spelling of Brìsel