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bruit¹
- /bɹuːt/ UK
- /bɹut/ US
- /bɾɪu̯t/ Wales
- /bɾʉt/ Scotland
- /bɹʉt/ Northern Ireland
Sounds like brute · Rhymes with -uːt
Where it comes from
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.
noun bruits
- Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this. [R]ememberyng yoʳ accustumable proudent demeanoʳ as well in the atteyning assurid knowledge of the intended purpose of the Scotts, from tyme to tyme, by suche good esp'iell and intelligence that ye have had among the said Scotts, as of the bruits and newes occ'rant amongs them, it is the more mervai
- A clamour, an outcry; a noise. There is no healing of thy bruiſe: thy wound is grieuous: all that heare the bruit of thee, ſhall clap the hands ouer thee: for vpon whom hath not thy wickedneſſe paſſed continually?
verb bruits · bruiting · bruited · bruit
- To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc. And if it be to be beleued, as bruted is by fame. / A day did paſſe without the Sunne.
bruit²
- /ˈbɹuːi/ UK
- /bɹuːˈiː/ UK
- /bɹuːt/ UK
- /ˈbɹui/ US
- /bɹuˈi/ US
- /bɹut/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French bruit (“noise; report, rumour”), from Old French bruit (“noise; sounds”); see further at etymology 1.
noun bruits
- An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope); a murmur. Gentlemen,—At the close of my last lecture I asserted that the bruit of the heart does not reside in the organ itself, that is to say, is not produced by any mechanism in the interior of the heart, or by a concurrence of circumstances independent of the surrounding organs. I showed you this clearly
Translations
Talk about this word "bruit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bruit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bruit. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bruit "bruit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bruit.Cite this
@misc{bruit_2026,
title = {bruit},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bruit},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
