bru

See also: BRU, brú, and brù

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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. […]

Anagrams

• RUB, bur, bur-, rub

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Catalan

Etymology

From Frankish *brūn.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾu/
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

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

1. dark brown

Derived terms

• ós bru

Noun

bru m (plural bruns)

1. dark brown

Further reading

• “bru” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bru”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “bru” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bru” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Old French bru, brut, from Medieval Latin bruta, from Old High German brūt (“daughter-in-law, bride”), from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride, daughter-in-law”). Akin to Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (brūþs, “daughter-in-law”), Old English brȳd (“bride”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁy/

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Noun

bru f (plural brus)

1. (regional) daughter-in-law

   Synonym: belle-fille

   Antonym: gendre

Usage notes

• The word is slightly dated in general European French, but current in many regions, including Canada.

Coordinate terms

• beau-fils
• beau-frère
• beau-père
• bel-enfant
• belle-mère
• belle-sœur

 

See also

• marâtre
• parâtre

Further reading

• “bru”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle English

Noun

bru

1. Alternative form of browe

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bro

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk bru, from Old West Norse brú. Cognate with Danish bro and Icelandic brú.

Noun

bru f or m (definite singular brua or bruen, indefinite plural bruer, definite plural bruene)

1. bridge

Derived terms

• bogebru
• brubygger
• bruhode
• brukar
• buebru
• flytebru
• fotgjengerbru
• gangbru
• hengebru
• hvelvbru
• jernbanebru
• kavlebru
• kjørebru
• kommandobru
• kuldebru
• kvelvbru
• landgangsbru
• luftbru
• låvebru
• pongtongbru
• svingbru
• vindebru
• vippebru

 

References

• “bru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old West Norse brú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brʉː/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• bogebru
• brubyggar
• brubygging
• brubyggjar
• bruhovud
• brukar
• brukjer
• flytebru
• fotgangarbru
• fotgjengarbru
• gangbru
• hengebru
• hengjebru
• jarnbanebru
• jernbanebru
• kavlebru
• kommandobru
• kvelvbru
• køyrebru
• landgangsbru
• luftbru
• låvebru
• svingbru
• vindebru
• vippebru

 

References

• “bru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• bur

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Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bruː/

Noun

brū f

1. an eyelash
2. an eyebrow

Declension

Declension of bru (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	brū	brūwa, brūwe
accusative	brūwe	brūwa, brūwe
genitive	brūwe	brūwa
dative	brūwe	brūwum

Derived terms

• oferbrū (“eyebrow”)

Descendants

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

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “bru”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• brut

Noun

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

1. daughter-in-law

Descendants

• French: bru

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bru, supplement)

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Pnar

Etymology

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 rú), Santali ᱵᱩᱨᱩ (buru).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bru/

Noun

bru

1. person

   u bru ― man

   uni u bru ― this man

   ka bru ― woman

   kani ka bru ― this woman

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Polish

Alternative forms

• beru

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bru m inan

1. genitive singular of ber

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Puyuma

Noun

bru

1. (in females' ritual language) water

Synonyms

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

References

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary