bruit

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this.
2. (obsolete) A clamour, an outcry; a noise.

Verb

To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.

Concepts

information

nouvelles

rumeur

Synonymes

rumor

rumour

noise

murmur

gossip

report

blaze abroad

spread

tattle

hearsay

info

kudos

name

news

📰

pass around

promulgate

propagate

rat

🐀

renown

reputation

schmooze

souffle

sound

🔉

talk

🗣️

schmoose

unwrap

shmooze

information

be widely spoken

shmoose

calumny

stray noise

celebrity

character

data

diffuse

dim

disclose

disseminate

fame

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɹuːt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: bruit

Appartenant à français: bruit

Appartenant à catalan: brogir

Appartenant à provençal ancien: bruir

In summary

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.