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brume

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /bɹuːm/
  • /bɹɪu̯m/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːm
  • homophone: broom

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noun

Meaning 1

Mist, fog, vapour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, literary, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mreǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *mréǵhusder. Proto-Italic *breɣwis Latin brevis Latin brūmabor. Old French brume French brumebor. English brume Borrowed from French brume, from Latin brūma (“winter solstice; winter; winter cold”). Brūma is derived from brevima, brevissima (“shortest”), the superlative of brevis (“brief; short”) (the winter solstice being the shortest day of the year), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵhus (“brief, short”).