name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bureau
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: byo͝orʹō
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UK: byo͝orʹə
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UK: /ˈbjʊ.ɹəʊ/
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UK: /ˈbjʊ.ɹə/
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US: byərʹō
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US: byərʹə
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US: /ˈbjʊ.ɹoʊ/
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US: /ˈbjʊ.ɹə/
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US: /ˈbjɝ.oʊ/
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US: /ˈbjɝ.ə/
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rhymes with -ʊəɹəʊ
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rhymes with -ʊəɹə
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CMU ARPABET: B Y UH1 R OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An administrative unit of government; office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bu, bu.
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a news bureau; a travel bureau; a service bureau; an employment bureau; the Citizens Advice Bureau
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 6
A chest of drawers for clothes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northeastern, US
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noun
Meaning 7
furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chest of drawers, chest, dresser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
Narrower terms: chiffonier, commode, highboy, tallboy, lowboy
noun
Meaning 8
an administrative unit of government
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agency, federal agency, government agency, office, authority
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: administrative unit, administrative body
Narrower terms: executive agency, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, Counterterrorist Center, CTC, Nonproliferation Center, NPC, Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, National Climatic Data Center, NCDC, National Weather Service, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, National Technical Information Service, NTIS, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK, Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI, United States Public Health Service, PHS, National Institutes of Health, NIH, Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA, Bureau of Justice Statistics, BJS, Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS, United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS, Foreign Service, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS, National Park Service, Financial Management Service, Office of Intelligence Support, OIS, Comptroller of the Currency, Bureau of Customs, Customs Bureau, Customs Service, USCB, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Federal Aviation Agency, FAA, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, Government Accounting Office, GAO, United States Government Accounting Office, United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy, United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, NAWCWPNS, Naval Special Warfare, NSW, Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC, Naval Underwater Warfare Center, NUWC, Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI, Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, MCIA, United States Air Force, U. S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, USAF, Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Air Force ISR, AFISR, independent agency, Advanced Research and Development Activity, ARDA, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, DRMS, Defense Technical Information Center, DTIC, law enforcement agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA, organ, Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office, United States Government Printing Office, US Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, GPO, National Guard Bureau, NGB, United States Army, US Army, U. S. Army, Army, USA, Army Intelligence, AI, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO, Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA, Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC, Federal Housing Administration, FHA, local authority, Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL, Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC, Naval Research Laboratory, NRL, United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, USACIL
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old French *bure Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Old French burel French bureauubor. English bureau Unadapted borrowing from French bureau, earlier "coarse cloth (as desk cover), baize", from Old French burel (“woolen cloth”), diminutive of *bure (compare Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), French bourre (“hair, fluff”)), from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”); akin to Ancient Greek βερβέριον (berbérion, “shabby garment”). Doublet of burel and borrel, taken from Old French.
Across languages
Translations
175 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: бюро́ (bjuró) — unit of governance, office
- Belarusian: канто́ра (kantóra) — unit of governance, office
- Belarusian: о́фіс (ófis) — unit of governance, office
- Belarusian: канцэля́рыя (kanceljáryja) — unit of governance, office
- Belarusian: канцыля́рыя (kancyljáryja) — unit of governance, office
- Bulgarian: о́фис (ófis) — unit of governance, office
- Bulgarian: канто́ра (kantóra) — unit of governance, office
- Bulgarian: канцела́рия (kancelárija) — unit of governance, office
- Burmese: ဗျူရို (byurui) — unit of governance, office
- Czech: úřad — unit of governance, office
- Czech: kancelář — unit of governance, office
- Esperanto: buroo — unit of governance, office
- French: bureau — unit of governance, office
- West-Frisian: buro — unit of governance, office
- German: Büro — unit of governance, office
- Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד (misrád) — unit of governance, office
- Hindi: मंत्रालय (mantrālay) — unit of governance, office
- Hindi: विभाग (vibhāg) — unit of governance, office
- Hungarian: iroda — unit of governance, office
- Macedonian: канцеларија (kancelarija) — unit of governance, office
- Polish: urząd — unit of governance, office
- Russian: бюро́ (bjuró) — unit of governance, office
- Russian: конто́ра (kontóra) — unit of governance, office
- Russian: о́фис (ófis) — unit of governance, office
- Russian: канцеля́рия (kanceljárija) — unit of governance, office
- Spanish: departamento — unit of governance, office
- Ukrainian: бюро́ (bjuró) — unit of governance, office
- Ukrainian: конто́ра (kontóra) — unit of governance, office
- Ukrainian: о́фіс (ófis) — unit of governance, office
- Ukrainian: канцеля́рія (kanceljárija) — unit of governance, office
- Uyghur: بيۇرو (byuro) — unit of governance, office
- Danish: bureau — for the collection and provision of information
- Polish: biuro — for the collection and provision of information
- Russian: бюро́ (bjuró) — for the collection and provision of information
- Spanish: oficina — for the collection and provision of information
- Spanish: agencia — for the collection and provision of information
- Spanish: negociado — for the collection and provision of information
- Spanish: buró — for the collection and provision of information
- Albanian: zyrë — office (room)
- Arabic: مَكْتَب (maktab) — office (room)
- Armenian: բյուրո (byuro) — office (room)
- Armenian: գրասենյակ (grasenyak) — office (room)
- Azerbaijani: büro — office (room)
- Belarusian: о́фіс (ófis) — office (room)
- Belarusian: канто́ра (kantóra) — office (room)
- Belarusian: бюро́ (bjuró) — office (room)
- Breton: burev — office (room)
- Bulgarian: канто́ра (kantóra) — office (room)
- Bulgarian: бюро́ (bjuró) — office (room)
- Chinese Mandarin: 署 (shǔ) — office (room)
- Chinese Mandarin: 局 (jú) — office (room)
- Chinese Mandarin: 辦公室 /办公室 (bàngōngshì) — office (room)
- Chinese Mandarin: 事務所 /事务所 (shìwùsuǒ) — office (room)
- Crimean Tatar: büro — office (room)
- Czech: kancelář — office (room)
- Czech: úřad — office (room)
- Danish: bureau — office (room)
- Dutch: agentschap — office (room)
- Dutch: kantoor — office (room)
- Dutch: bureau — office (room)
- Faroese: skrivstova — office (room)
- Finnish: toimisto — office (room)
- Finnish: virasto — office (room)
- French: agence — office (room)
- French: bureau — office (room)
- West-Frisian: buro — office (room)
- Georgian: ბიურო (biuro) — office (room)
- Georgian: ოფისი (opisi) — office (room)
- German: Büro — office (room)
- Greek: γραφείο (grafeío) — office (room)
- Ancient Greek: γραφεῖον (grapheîon) — office (room)
- Hebrew: לִשְׁכָּה (lishká) — office (room)
- Hindi: कार्यालय (kāryālay) — office (room)
- Hindi: कार्यशाला (kāryaśālā) — office (room)
- Indonesian: biro — office (room)
- Italian: ufficio — office (room)
- Japanese: 事務室 (jimushitsu) — office (room)
- Japanese: オフィス (ofisu) — office (room)
- Japanese: 事務所 (jimusho) — office (room)
- Kazakh: бюро (büro) — office (room)
- Khmer: ការិយាល័យ (kaariyaalay) — office (room)
- Korean: 사무실 (samusil) — office (room)
- Korean: 사무소 (samuso) — office (room)
- Korean: 오피스 (opiseu) — office (room)
- Kyrgyz: бюро (byuro) — office (room)
- Lithuanian: biuras — office (room)
- Macedonian: канцела́рија (kancelárija) — office (room)
- Macedonian: биро́ (biró) — office (room)
- Malay: biro — office (room)
- Maltese: uffiċċju — office (room)
- Norwegian Bokmål: byrå — office (room)
- Iranian Persian: دَفْتَر (daftar) — office (room)
- Iranian Persian: اِدارِه (edâre) — office (room)
- Polish: biuro — office (room)
- Portuguese: escritório — office (room)
- Portuguese: birô — office (room)
- Romanian: birou — office (room)
- Russian: о́фис (ófis) — office (room)
- Russian: конто́ра (kontóra) — office (room)
- Russian: бюро́ (bjuró) — office (room)
- Serbo-Croatian: бѝро̄ — office (room)
- Serbo-Croatian: bìrō — office (room)
- Slovak: kancelária — office (room)
- Slovene: biro — office (room)
- Spanish: oficina — office (room)
- Swedish: byrå — office (room)
- Tagalog: kawanihan — office (room)
- Tajik: дафтар (daftar) — office (room)
- Tajik: бюро (byuro) — office (room)
- Tajik: идора (idora) — office (room)
- Turkish: büro — office (room)
- Ukrainian: о́фіс (ófis) — office (room)
- Ukrainian: конто́ра (kontóra) — office (room)
- Ukrainian: бюро́ (bjuró) — office (room)
- Urdu: دَفْتَر (daftar) — office (room)
- Uzbek: daftar — office (room)
- Uzbek: idora — office (room)
- Vietnamese: văn phòng — office (room)
- Vietnamese: sự giúp đỡ — office (room)
- Arabic: مَكْتَب (maktab) — desk
- Armenian: գրասեղան (graseġan) — desk
- Bulgarian: писа́лище (pisálište) — desk
- Bulgarian: бюро́ (bjuró) — desk
- Dutch: bureau — desk
- Dutch: bureel — desk
- Finnish: työpöytä — desk
- Finnish: kirjoituspöytä — desk
- French: secrétaire — desk
- French: bureau — desk
- West-Frisian: buro — desk
- German: Sekretär — desk
- German: Schreibtisch — desk
- German: Büro — desk
- Hebrew: מִכְתָּבָה (makhtevá) — desk
- Hungarian: szekreter — desk
- Italian: scrivania — desk
- Italian: scrittoio — desk
- Maltese: skrivanija — desk
- Norwegian Bokmål: skatoll — desk
- Norwegian Bokmål: sekretær — desk
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skatoll — desk
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sekretær — desk
- Polish: biurko — desk
- Portuguese: mesa — desk
- Portuguese: escrivaninha — desk
- Portuguese: birô — desk
- Romanian: birou — desk
- Russian: бюро́ (bjuró) — desk
- Russian: пи́сьменный стол (písʹmennyj stol) — desk
- Russian: конто́рка (kontórka) — desk
- Russian: секрете́р (sekretɛ́r) — desk
- Spanish: escritorio — desk
- Spanish: buró — desk
- Spanish: secreter — desk
- Armenian: կոմոդ (komod) — chest of drawers for clothes
- Burmese: ဗီရို (birui) — chest of drawers for clothes
- Dutch: kledingkast — chest of drawers for clothes
- Dutch: kast — chest of drawers for clothes
- Finnish: lipasto — chest of drawers for clothes
- French: chiffonnier — chest of drawers for clothes
- French: commode — chest of drawers for clothes
- German: Kommode — chest of drawers for clothes
- Italian: cassettone — chest of drawers for clothes
- Italian: comò — chest of drawers for clothes
- Maltese: burò — chest of drawers for clothes
- Norwegian Bokmål: kommode — chest of drawers for clothes
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kommode — chest of drawers for clothes
- Polish: komoda — chest of drawers for clothes
- Portuguese: cômoda — chest of drawers for clothes
- Portuguese: cômodas — chest of drawers for clothes
- Russian: комо́д (komód) — chest of drawers for clothes
- Russian: шифонье́р (šifonʹjér) — chest of drawers for clothes
- Spanish: cómoda — chest of drawers for clothes
- Swedish: byrå — chest of drawers for clothes
- Turkish: şifonyer — chest of drawers for clothes
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