bruit

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bro͞ot, IPA(key): /bɹuːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɹut/ Rhymes: -uːt Homophone: brute ==== Noun ==== bruit (countable and uncountable, plural bruits) (uncountable, archaic) Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this. (countable, obsolete) A clamour, an outcry; a noise. ==== Verb ==== bruit (third-person singular simple present bruits, present participle bruiting, simple past and past participle bruited) (transitive, archaic in British, current in the US) To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== bruiter (archaic) unbruited ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French bruit (“noise; report, rumour”), from Old French bruit (“noise; sounds”); see further at etymology 1. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɹuːi/, /bɹuːˈiː/, /bɹuːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɹui/, /bɹuˈi/, /bɹut/ Hyphenation: bru‧it; not hyphenated if pronounced as a single syllable ==== Noun ==== bruit (plural bruits) (medicine) An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope); a murmur. [from 19th c.] ===== Derived terms ===== Cruveilhier-Baumgarten bruit ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === bruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French bruit, used as a noun of the past participle form of bruire (“to roar”), from a Proto-Romance alteration (by association with braire (“to bray; to cry out, shout out”)) of Latin rugītus (“brayed; bellowed, roared; rumbled”) (compare Vulgar Latin *brugitus, from Latin *brūgere). Compare also Spanish ruido, Portuguese ruído, and French rut. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁɥi/ Homophone: bruits Rhymes: -ɥi, -i === Noun === bruit m (plural bruits) a noise Synonyms: (informal) boucan, (vulgar) bordel, (Louisiana) hélas Antonym: silence a rumor or report Synonyms: ouï-dire, rumeur ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: bruit === Further reading === “bruit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === butir, tribu == Old French == === Etymology === From the past participle of bruire (“to roar”), or from Vulgar Latin *brūgitus, from Latin *brūgere, an alteration of Latin rugītus (“brayed; bellowed, roared; rumbled”), from rugīre, the present active infinitive of rugiō (“to bray; to bellow, roar; to rumble”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (“to belch; to roar”). === Noun === bruit oblique singular, m (oblique plural bruiz or bruitz, nominative singular bruiz or bruitz, nominative plural bruit) noise; sounds Synonym: noise ==== Descendants ==== → English: bruit French: bruit