buro

== English == === Alternative forms === bureau === Etymology === Borrowed from French bureau (“desk”, 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”). === Noun === buro (plural buros) (chiefly non-native speakers' English) an office a desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath. (US) a chest of drawers for clothes ==== Related terms ==== burocracy burocrat burocratic burel ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Bour, Bøur == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch bureau, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /byˈrʊə̯/ === Noun === buro (plural buro's) desk office == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /byˈroː/ Hyphenation: bu‧ro === Noun === buro n (plural buro's, diminutive burootje n) superseded spelling of bureau == Istro-Romanian == === Adjective === buro n neuter singular of bur == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbu.rɔ/ Rhymes: -urɔ Syllabification: bu‧ro === Noun === buro f vocative singular of bura == Spanish == === Etymology === Derived from Latin būtȳrum (“butter”), from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon). Cognate with English butter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuɾo/ [ˈbu.ɾo] Rhymes: -uɾo Syllabification: bu‧ro === Noun === buro m (plural buros) (Aragon) fuller's earth (fine white-blueish clay) Synonym: greda === Further reading === “buro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Verb === buro (pre-1940) plural past indicative of bära == Tagalog == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Malay budu. Compare Cebuano buro, Hiligaynon buro, Ilocano buro, Kapampangan buru, and Indonesian budu. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbuɾo/ [ˈbuː.ɾo] Rhymes: -uɾo Syllabification: bu‧ro ==== Noun ==== buro (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇᜓ) pickling (with salt or brine, usually done with fish, meat, or shrimp with rice) Synonyms: himol, tinama anything that lingers in one place or state ===== Alternative forms ===== boro — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling ===== See also ===== ==== Adjective ==== buro (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇᜓ) pickled ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Spanish burro. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbuɾo/ [ˈbuː.ɾo] Rhymes: -uɾo Syllabification: bu‧ro ==== Noun ==== buro (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇᜓ) (zoology) ass; donkey Synonyms: asno, buriko === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbuɾoʔ/ [ˈbuː.ɾoʔ] Rhymes: -uɾoʔ IPA(key): /ˈbuɾo/ [ˈbuː.ɾo] (obsolete) Syllabification: bu‧ro ==== Noun ==== burò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇᜓ) a type of white worm that feeds on wounds, or lives in the intestines of humans or fish === Etymology 4 === Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English as a semantic loan from English bureau, influenced in spelling by Spanish buró. Compare Cebuano buro. Doublet of biyuro. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈɾo/ [bʊˈɾo] Rhymes: -o Syllabification: bu‧ro ==== Noun ==== buró (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇᜓ) (dated) bureau; a government office Synonym: kawanihan === Further reading === “buro”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “buro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “fish”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbu.ɾo] === Noun === buro a large shrimp === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh == West Frisian == === Etymology === Ultimately from French bureau. Cognate with Dutch bureau, English bureau, German Büro. === Noun === buro n (plural buro's, diminutive buroke) desk office where records are kept bureau ==== Further reading ==== “buro”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011