brume

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹuːm/, /bɹɪu̯m/ Rhymes: -uːm Homophone: broom === Noun === brume (countable and uncountable, plural brumes) (literary) Mist, fog, vapour. ==== Related terms ==== brumous brumal brumate === Anagrams === umber, umbre == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French brume, borrowed from Latin brūma (“winter”), possibly through the intermediate of Old Occitan bruma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁym/ === Noun === brume f (plural brumes) mist, haze, fog ==== Derived terms ==== corne de brume tombée de la brume ==== Related terms ==== brumaire ==== Descendants ==== → English: brume === Further reading === “brume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Etymology === Attested since the 18th century. Unknown: perhaps from Latin morbus, blended with Latin vomica. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɾumɪ] === Noun === brume m (plural brumes) pus Synonym: pus === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brume”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “brume”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “brume”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbru.me/ Rhymes: -ume Hyphenation: brù‧me === Noun === brume f plural of bruma === Anagrams === rumbe, umbre == Middle English == === Noun === brume (Northern) alternative form of brom