bruire

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *brūgere (attested in the third-person singular indicative form brugit), from a crossing of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin rugīre (cf. French rugir) and *bragere (whence French braire). Compare to English, burr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɥiʁ/

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• Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

bruire

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

Conjugation

• 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.

Derived terms

• bruant
• bruit
• bruissement
• bruyant

Further reading

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

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Italian

Verb

bruire

1. to gurgle