Phrase guide

bureau de change

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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: /ˈbjʊəɹ.əʊ.dəˌʃɒ̃ʒ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A place where foreign currency can be exchanged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK

Examples

  • Near-synonym: money changer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: currency exchange, money changer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

(French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: company

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French bureau de change (“office of exchange”).

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صِرَافَة اَلْعُمْلَات (ṣirāfat al-ʕumlāt) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Arabic: مَكْتَب صِرَافَة (maktab ṣirāfa) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܨܲܪܵܦܘܼܬܵܐ (bēt ṣarrāpūtā) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Armenian: փոխանակման կետ (pʻoxanakman ket) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Armenian: չեյնջ (čʻeynǰ) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Bulgarian: чейнджбюро́ (čejndžbjuró) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Bulgarian: обме́нно бюро́ (obménno bjuró) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Bulgarian: валу́тно бюро́ (valútno bjuró) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外匯交易場所 /外汇交易场所 (wàihuì jiāoyì chǎngsuǒ) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外幣兌換所 /外币兑换所 (wàibì duìhuàn suǒ) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Czech: směnárna — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Danish: vekselbureau — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Dutch: wisselkantoor — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Esperanto: monŝanĝejo — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Finnish: valuutanvaihtotoimisto — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Finnish: valuutanvaihto — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • French: bureau de change — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • German: Wechselstelle — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • German: Wechselstube — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Greek: συνάλλαγμα (synállagma) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Greek: ανταλλακτήριο συναλλάγματος (antallaktírio synallágmatos) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Hebrew: הֲמָרַת מַטְבֵּעַ — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Hungarian: pénzváltó — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Hungarian: pénzváltóhely — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Icelandic: gjaldeyrisviðskipti — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Italian: cambiavalute — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Italian: ufficio del cambio — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Japanese: 両替屋 (ryōgaeya) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Japanese: 通貨両替 (tsūka ryōgae) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Korean: 환전소 (hwanjeonso) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Norwegian: vekslingskontor — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Pannonian Rusyn: меняльня (menjalʹnja) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Polish: kantor — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Polish: kantor walutowy — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Portuguese: casa de câmbio — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Romanian: casă de schimb — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Russian: обме́нный пункт (obménnyj punkt) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Russian: пункт обме́на валю́ты (punkt obména valjúty) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Russian: обме́н валю́ты (obmén valjúty) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Serbo-Croatian: мјењачница — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Serbo-Croatian: mjenjačnica — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Serbo-Croatian: мењачница — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Serbo-Croatian: menjačnica — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Slovak: zmenáreň — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Spanish: casa de cambio — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Swedish: växelkontor — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Swedish: växlingskontor — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Thai: สํานักงานแลกเงิน (săm-nák ngaan lâek ngern) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Turkish: döviz bürosu — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Ukrainian: обмі́нник (obmínnyk) — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged
  • Vietnamese: quầy đổi tiền — a place where foreign currency can be exchanged