brute

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• bro͞ot
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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɹuːt/
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• Canada, General-American: /bɹut/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /bɹʉːt/
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• rhymes with -uːt
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From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gwréh2us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú) (English guru).

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: järjetön — of animals: without reason or intelligence
• Finnish: typerä — of animals: without reason or intelligence
• German: animalisch — of animals: without reason or intelligence
• German: tierisch — of animals: without reason or intelligence
• Irish: brúidiúil — of animals: without reason or intelligence
• Finnish: eläimellinen — of humans: senseless, unreasoning
• German: dumm — of humans: senseless, unreasoning
• German: blöd — of humans: senseless, unreasoning
• German: brachial — of humans: senseless, unreasoning
• Hungarian: bunkó — of humans: senseless, unreasoning
• Irish: brúidiúil — of humans: senseless, unreasoning
• Italian: bruto — of humans: senseless, unreasoning
• Macedonian: бе́смислен (bésmislen) — of humans: senseless, unreasoning
• Polish: bezrozumny — of humans: senseless, unreasoning
• Russian: бессмы́сленный (bessmýslennyj) — of humans: senseless, unreasoning
• Spanish: bruto — of humans: senseless, unreasoning
• Finnish: raaka — unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless
• Polish: bezrozumny — unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless
• Finnish: karkea — crude, unpolished
• Finnish: jalostumaton — crude, unpolished
• German: grob — crude, unpolished
• German: roh — crude, unpolished
• German: rau — crude, unpolished
• Hungarian: faragatlan — crude, unpolished
• Italian: bruto — crude, unpolished
• Macedonian: груб (grub) — crude, unpolished
• Russian: гру́бый (grúbyj) — crude, unpolished
• Spanish: bruto — crude, unpolished
• Finnish: raaka — strong, blunt and spontaneous
• Finnish: raaka — brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless
• Irish: brúidiúil — brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless
• Armenian: կենդանի (kendani) — animal destitute of human reason
• Armenian: անասուն (anasun) — animal destitute of human reason
• Armenian: գազան (gazan) — animal destitute of human reason
• Bulgarian: звяр (zvjar) — animal destitute of human reason
• Bulgarian: скот (skot) — animal destitute of human reason
• Danish: udyr — animal destitute of human reason
• Danish: bæst — animal destitute of human reason
• Finnish: elukka — animal destitute of human reason
• Finnish: eläin — animal destitute of human reason
• German: Vieh — animal destitute of human reason
• Greek: κτήνος (ktínos) — animal destitute of human reason
• Greek: ζώο (zóo) — animal destitute of human reason
• Greek: θηρίο (thirío) — animal destitute of human reason
• Hebrew: בהמה (behema) — animal destitute of human reason
• Hungarian: vadállat — animal destitute of human reason
• Hungarian: bestia — animal destitute of human reason
• Ido: bruto — animal destitute of human reason
• Irish: ainmhí — animal destitute of human reason
• Italian: bruto — animal destitute of human reason
• Macedonian: жи́вотно (žívotno) — animal destitute of human reason
• Māori: nauwhea — animal destitute of human reason
• Polish: bestia — animal destitute of human reason
• Portuguese: besta — animal destitute of human reason
• Portuguese: criatura — animal destitute of human reason
• Russian: живо́тное (živótnoje) — animal destitute of human reason
• Scottish Gaelic: beathach — animal destitute of human reason
• Scottish Gaelic: ainmhidh — animal destitute of human reason
• Spanish: bestia — animal destitute of human reason
• Swedish: odjur — animal destitute of human reason
• Ottoman Turkish: حیوان (hayvan) — animal destitute of human reason
• Armenian: անասուն (anasun) — brutal person
• Armenian: գազան (gazan) — brutal person
• Czech: surovec — brutal person
• Esperanto: bruto — brutal person
• Finnish: elukka — brutal person
• Finnish: raakalainen — brutal person
• French: brute — brutal person
• Galician: bruto — brutal person
• Galician: besta — brutal person
• Galician: besta brava — brutal person
• German: Tier — brutal person
• German: Rüpel — brutal person
• German: Unmensch — brutal person
• German: Barbar — brutal person
• Greek: κτηνάνθρωπος (ktinánthropos) — brutal person
• Greek: αγριάνθρωπος (agriánthropos) — brutal person
• Greek: σκυλί (skylí) — brutal person
• Hebrew: בהמה (behema) — brutal person
• Hungarian: bunkó — brutal person
• Ido: bruto — brutal person
• Irish: brúid — brutal person
• Irish: ainmhí — brutal person
• Old Irish: brúit — brutal person
• Italian: bruto — brutal person
• Japanese: 人でなし (hitodenashi) — brutal person
• Macedonian: скот (skot) — brutal person
• Macedonian: ѕвер (dzver) — brutal person
• Māori: nau(w)hea — brutal person
• Norwegian: bølle — brutal person
• Polish: brutal — brutal person
• Portuguese: bruto — brutal person
• Russian: скоти́на (skotína) — brutal person
• Scottish Gaelic: brùid — brutal person
• Slovene: grobijan — brutal person
• Slovene: brdavs — brutal person
• Spanish: bruto — brutal person
• Spanish: bucéfalo — brutal person
• Swahili: nunda — brutal person
• Swedish: odjur — brutal person
• Swedish: sälle — brutal person
• Swedish: omänniska — brutal person
• Ottoman Turkish: حیوان (hayvan) — brutal person
• Yiddish: עשׂו (eysev) — brutal person
• Yiddish: אַכזר (akhzer) — brutal person
• Yiddish: חזיר־שלעגער (kházer-shlèger) — brutal person
• Yiddish: שלעגער (shleger) — brutal person