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bruit

Meaningdin, tumult

Common meaning: rumour or a reported sound

Journey through time

  1. Welshbroch‘din, tumult’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsdin, tumult → make a noisebruit‘make a noise’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsmake a noise → rumour or a reported soundbruit‘rumour or a reported sound’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Welsh broch ‘din, tumult’.

Roots

  • broch Welsh “a badger”

Related words

brock

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