bruit

Meaning

  1. a noise
  2. a rumor or report

Frequency

A2
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bʁɥi/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French bruit, used as a noun of the past participle form of bruire (“to roar”), from a Proto-Romance alteration (by association with braire (“to bray; to cry out, shout out”)) of Latin rugītus (“brayed; bellowed, roared; rumbled”) (compare Vulgar Latin *brugitus, from Latin *brūgere). Compare also Spanish ruido, Portuguese ruído, and French rut.

Cognate with Spanish
Spanish
ruido
Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
ruído

Bookmark this

Improve your pronunciation

French

Start learning French with learnfeliz.

Practice speaking and memorizing "bruit" and many other words and sentences in French.

Go to our French course page

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes