bureau

Meaning

1. (neuter) desk
2. (neuter) office, office building (especially office buildings for writing and publishing journalism and literature, or the police station as a building)
3. (neuter) agency (government organisation, such as a police station: "politiebureau"; a scientific or humanities research institute: "onderzoeksbureau"; political party think tank: "wetenschappelijk bureau")
4. (neuter) company (in design, engineering, journalism, communications, marketing, market/opinion research), agency (doing business for another, such as an advertising agency: "reclamebureau"; a news agency: "persbureau")

Hyphenated as

bu‧reau

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/byˈroː/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel.

Sentences

Ik wil nog iets zeggen over dat bureau .

On the subject of agencies, I wish for one thing.