brook

Signification (Anglais)

1. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
2. To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.
3. (obsolete) To earn; deserve.

ruisseau

fleuve

petit cours d’eau

riviere

small river

mountain stream

irrigation ditch

hold still for

water running

connive at

tributary stream

benefit from

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɹʊk/

From Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English brūcan (“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to enjoy, use”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bruke (“to need”), Dutch bruiken (“to use”), German Low German bruken (“to need”), German brauchen (“to need”), Swedish bruka (“to use”), Icelandic brúka (“to use”).