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• [bɹuʊ̯]
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* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Brugha (“descendant of the farmer”), from brughaire (“farmer”), from brugh (“land”) + -aire. * As a Manx surname, Anglicized from MacVriw, from breitheamh (“deemster”); see Brain. * As a German and Alemannic German surname, Americanized from Breu, Breuer.

From Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *breuwan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bhrewh1-. Doublet of burn. Cognate with Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Swedish brygga, Norwegian Bokmål brygge; also Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well”), Latin fervēre (“to be hot; to burn; to boil”), Old Irish bruth (“violent, boiling heat”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”). It may be related to English barley.

From Middle English brewe (“eyebrow”), from Old English bru (“eyebrow”). Doublet of brow.

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 釀製飲料 /酿制饮料 (niàngzhì yǐnliào) — something brewed
• Dutch: brouwsel — something brewed
• Finnish: mallasjuoma — something brewed
• Finnish: keitos — something brewed
• French: breuvage — something brewed
• German: Bräu — something brewed
• Plautdietsch: Brie — something brewed
• Portuguese: infusão — something brewed
• Russian: ва́рево (várevo) — something brewed
• Spanish: destilado — something brewed
• Swedish: brygd — something brewed
• Bulgarian: варя (varja) — make tea or coffee
• Bulgarian: запарвам (zaparvam) — make tea or coffee
• Chinese Mandarin: 沏 (qī) — make tea or coffee
• Chinese Mandarin: 泡 (pào) — make tea or coffee
• Chinese Mandarin: 煮 (zhǔ) — make tea or coffee
• Chinese Mandarin: 沖 /冲 (chōng) — make tea or coffee
• Finnish: keittää — make tea or coffee
• French: infuser — make tea or coffee
• German: brühen — make tea or coffee
• German: aufbrühen — make tea or coffee
• Italian: preparare — make tea or coffee
• Japanese: 淹れる (ireru) — make tea or coffee
• Macedonian: ва́ри (vári) — make tea or coffee
• Macedonian: сва́ри (svári) — make tea or coffee
• Old English: brēowan — make tea or coffee
• Persian: دم کردن (dam kardan) — make tea or coffee
• Polish: parzyć — make tea or coffee
• Polish: zaparzyć — make tea or coffee
• Portuguese: infundir — make tea or coffee
• Russian: зава́ривать (zavárivatʹ) — make tea or coffee
• Russian: завари́ть (zavarítʹ) — make tea or coffee
• Spanish: preparar — make tea or coffee
• Spanish: elaborar — make tea or coffee
• Spanish: confeccionar — make tea or coffee
• Spanish: cebar — make tea or coffee
• Spanish: colar — make tea or coffee
• Spanish: infusionar — make tea or coffee
• Thai: ชง (chong) — make tea or coffee
• Turkish: demlemek — make tea or coffee
• Turkish: demlenmek — make tea or coffee
• Yiddish: אויפֿקוכן (oyfkukhn) — make tea or coffee
• Yiddish: אויפֿזידן (oyfzidn) — make tea or coffee
• Chinese Mandarin: 煮 (zhǔ) — make a hot soup
• Finnish: tehdä keittoa — make a hot soup
• French: bouillir — make a hot soup
• Italian: bollire — make a hot soup
• Macedonian: сва́ри (svári) — make a hot soup
• Persian: آبپز کردن (âb-paz kardan) — make a hot soup
• Russian: вари́ть (varítʹ) — make a hot soup
• Russian: свари́ть (svarítʹ) — make a hot soup
• Arabic: خَمَّرَ (ḵammara) — to make beer
• Bulgarian: варя (varja) — to make beer
• Chinese Mandarin: 釀造 /酿造 (niàngzào) — to make beer
• Chinese Mandarin: 釀製 /酿制 (niàngzhì) — to make beer
• Danish: brygge — to make beer
• Dutch: brouwen — to make beer
• Estonian: pruulima — to make beer
• Finnish: panna olutta — to make beer
• French: brasser — to make beer
• German: brauen — to make beer
• Japanese: 醸造する (jōzō suru) — to make beer
• Māori: toroī — to make beer
• Norwegian Bokmål: brygge — to make beer
• Old English: brēowan — to make beer
• Polish: warzyć — to make beer
• Polish: uwarzyć — to make beer
• Russian: вари́ть (varítʹ) — to make beer
• Russian: свари́ть (svarítʹ) — to make beer
• Spanish: elaborar — to make beer
• Spanish: confeccionar — to make beer
• Swedish: brygga — to make beer
• Yiddish: ברײַען (brayen) — to make beer
• Chinese Mandarin: 圖謀 /图谋 (túmóu) — to contrive; plot
• Chinese Mandarin: 密謀 /密谋 (mìmóu) — to contrive; plot
• Finnish: juonitella — to contrive; plot
• Finnish: hautoa juonia — to contrive; plot
• French: manigancer — to contrive; plot
• French: ourdir — to contrive; plot
• Russian: плести́ (plestí) — to contrive; plot
• Russian: сплести́ (splestí) — to contrive; plot
• Chinese Mandarin: 釀造 /酿造 (niàngzào) — to go through the process of brewing beer
• Chinese Mandarin: 釀製 /酿制 (niàngzhì) — to go through the process of brewing beer
• Finnish: panna olutta — to go through the process of brewing beer
• Māori: toroī — to go through the process of brewing beer
• Bulgarian: назрявам (nazrjavam) — to be in a state of preparation
• Chinese Mandarin: 在醞釀之中 /在酝酿之中 (zài yùnniàng zhī zhōng) — to be in a state of preparation
• Finnish: kyteä — to be in a state of preparation
• Finnish: olla tekeillä — to be in a state of preparation
• Russian: назрева́ть (nazrevátʹ) — to be in a state of preparation
• Russian: назре́ть (nazrétʹ) — to be in a state of preparation
• Spanish: hervir — to be in a state of preparation
• Spanish: fermentar — to be in a state of preparation
• Spanish: herver — to be in a state of preparation
• Spanish: avecinarse — to be in a state of preparation