brook

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

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

Noun

1. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
2. (Kent) A water meadow.
3. (Kent, in-plural) Low, marshy ground.

Concepts

ruisseau

fleuve

rivière

tolérer

supporter

fosse

crique

ru

ruisselet

endurer

respecter

rester

souffrir

soutenir

subir

fr

petit cours d’eau

rigole

accomplir

riviere

atteindre

baie

continuer

demeurer

observer

porter

précipice

prêter

ravin

Synonymes

stream

creek

rivulet

river

tolerate

stomach

endure

bear

🐻

digest

streamlet

small river

stand

support

abide

burn

mountain stream

stick out

ditch

rill

condone

put up with

suffer

put up

valley

runlet

runnel

take

flow

run

beck

watercourse

pit

irrigation ditch

brooklet

hold still for

underbridge

river water

anabranch

overbridge

water

🚰

water running

creek

accept

🉑

admit

allow

bear with

bide

bourn

bourne

brave

Traductions

arroyo

Bach

ruscello

beek

torrente

riacho

ρυάκι

rierol

río

riachuelo

ribeiro

Fluss

rivo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɹʊk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: brouken

Hérité de ancien anglais: brūcan

Appartenant à saterlandais: bruke

Appartenant à néerlandais: bruiken

Appartenant à allemand: brauchen

Appartenant à suédois: bruka

Appartenant à islandais: brúka

Hérité de moyen anglais: brook

Hérité de ancien anglais: brōc

In summary

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”).