bureau

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: byo͝orʹō, byo͝orʹə, IPA(key): /ˈbjʊ.ɹəʊ/, /ˈbjʊ.ɹə/ (US) enPR: byərʹō, byərʹə, IPA(key): /ˈbjʊ.ɹoʊ/, /ˈbjʊ.ɹə/, /ˈbjɝ.oʊ/, /ˈbjɝ.ə/ Rhymes: -ʊəɹəʊ, -ʊəɹə === Noun === bureau (plural bureaus or bureaux) An administrative unit of government; office. Synonyms: bu, bu. An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news. An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed). (chiefly British) 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. (Northeastern US) A chest of drawers for clothes. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bureau”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “bureau”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Danish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French bureau. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /byˈʁo/, [pyˈʁ̞o̝] === Noun === bureau n (singular definite bureauet, plural indefinite bureauer) bureau ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “bureau” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Alternative forms === buro (superseded) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /byˈroː/ Rhymes: -oː Hyphenation: bu‧reau === Noun === bureau n (plural bureaus, diminutive bureautje n) (furniture) desk [from 18th c.] Synonym: schrijftafel (building) office, office building [from late 18th c.] (especially office buildings for writing and publishing journalism and literature, or the police station as a building) Synonyms: bureel, kantoor (non-commercial) agency (government organisation, such as a police station: "politiebureau"; a scientific or humanities research institute: "onderzoeksbureau"; political party think tank: "wetenschappelijk bureau") (commercial) company (in design, engineering, journalism, communications, marketing, market/opinion research), agency (doing business for another, such as an advertising agency: "reclamebureau"; a news agency: "persbureau") ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: buro → Caribbean Hindustani: buro → Indonesian: biro → Papiamentu: biroshi, birosji (from the diminutive) → Sranan Tongo: biro == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French burel, 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /by.ʁo/ Rhymes: -o Hyphenation: bu‧reau === Noun === bureau m (plural bureaux) desk office (room) ticket office the staff of an office office; an administrative unit (obsolete) frieze (coarse woolen cloth) (computing, graphical user interface) desktop (on-screen background) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “bureau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French bureau. === Noun === bureau m (plural bureaux) alternative form of birô === Further reading === “bureau”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bureau”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “bureau”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026