bruit

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• bro͞ot
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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɹuːt/
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• General-American: /bɹut/
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• Wales: /bɾɪu̯t/
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• Scotland: /bɾʉt/
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• Northern-Ireland: /bɹʉt/
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• rhymes with -uːt
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• homophone: brute
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɹuːˈiː/
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• General-American: /ˈbɹui/
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• General-American: /bɹuˈi/
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The noun is derived from Middle English bruit (“commotion, tumult; fame, renown; collective noun for a group of barons”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman brut (“commotion, tumult; noise, sounds; fame, renown; hearsay, rumour; collective noun for a group of barons”) and Old French bruit (“commotion, tumult; noise, sounds; fame, renown; hearsay, rumour”) (modern French bruit (“noise; report, rumour”)), a noun use of the past participle of bruire (“to make a noise; to rattle; to roar; to rustle”), from Late Latin brugere, an alteration of Latin rugīre (“to roar”) (the present active infinitive of rugiō (“to bray; to bellow, roar; to rumble”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h1rewg- (“to belch; to roar”)), possibly influenced by Late Latin bragere (“to bray”). The English word is cognate with Catalan brogir (“to roar”); Old Occitan bruir, brugir (“to roar”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Borrowed from French bruit (“noise; report, rumour”), from Old French bruit (“noise; sounds”); see further at etymology 1.

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: ébruiter — to disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.
• Korean: 퍼뜨리다 (peotteurida) — to disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.