brume

See also: brumé and brumë

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder.
Proto-Italic *breɣʷis
Latin brevis
Latin brūmabor.
Old French brume
French brumebor.
English brume
    Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mreǵʰ-#BRUMECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BRUMECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Italic#BRUMECategory:English terms derived from Old French#BRUMECategory:English terms derived from French#BRUMECategory:English terms derived from Latin#BRUMECategory:English terms borrowed from French#BRUMECategory:Pages with etymology trees#BRUMECategory:English entries with etymology trees#BRUMECategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#BRUME

    Borrowed from FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#BRUMECategory:English terms derived from French#BRUME brume, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#BRUME brūma (“winter solstice; winter; winter cold”). Brūma is derived from brevima, brevissima (“shortest”), the superlative of brevis (“brief; short”) (the winter solstice being the shortest day of the year), ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BRUME *mréǵʰus (“brief, short”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    brume (countable and uncountable, plural brumes)Category:English lemmas#BRUMECategory:English nouns#BRUMECategory:English uncountable nouns#BRUMECategory:English countable nouns#BRUMECategory:English countable nouns#BRUMECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BRUMECategory:Pages with entries#BRUMECategory:Pages with 5 entries#BRUME

    1. (literaryCategory:English literary terms#BRUME) Mist, fog, vapour.
      • 1737, François Rabelais, “Book V”, in Peter Anthony Motteux, Sir Thomas Urquhart, transl., The Works of Mr. Francois Rabelais […] ‎, volume 2, Navarre Society, published 1921, page 438:
        For, shou'd you come before the Brume's abated / Th' Opime you'd linquish for the Macerated.
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      • 1972, John Gardner, Grendel, André Deutsch, page 77:
        All around their bubble of stupidity I could feel the brume of the dragon.
        Category:English terms with quotations#BRUME

    Anagrams

    Category:en:Fog#BRUME

    French

    Etymology

      Category:French terms derived from Latin#BRUMECategory:French terms derived from Old French#BRUMECategory:French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mreǵʰ-#BRUMECategory:French terms derived from Proto-Italic#BRUMECategory:French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BRUMECategory:French terms inherited from Old French#BRUMECategory:Pages with inline etymon for redlinks#BRUMECategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#BRUME

      Inherited from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#BRUMECategory:French terms derived from Old French#BRUME brume, borrowed from LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Latin#BRUMECategory:French terms derived from Latin#BRUME brūma (“winter”), possibly through the intermediate of Old OccitanCategory:French terms derived from Old Occitan#BRUME bruma.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      brume f (plural brumes)Category:French lemmas#BRUMECategory:French nouns#BRUMECategory:French countable nouns#BRUMECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BRUMECategory:French feminine nouns#BRUMECategory:Pages with entries#BRUMECategory:Pages with 5 entries#BRUME

      1. mist, haze, fog

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      Further reading

      Galician

      Etymology

      Attested since the 18th century. UnknownCategory:Galician terms with unknown etymologies#BRUME: perhaps from LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#BRUME morbus, blended with LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#BRUME vomica.[1]

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      brume m (plural brumes)Category:Galician lemmas#BRUMECategory:Galician nouns#BRUMECategory:Galician countable nouns#BRUMECategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#BRUMECategory:Galician masculine nouns#BRUMECategory:Pages with entries#BRUMECategory:Pages with 5 entries#BRUME

      1. pus
        Synonym: pus

      References

      1. ↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “gormar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎ (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

      Italian

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      brume fCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#BRUMECategory:Italian noun forms#BRUMECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#BRUMECategory:Pages with entries#BRUMECategory:Pages with 5 entries#BRUME

      1. plural of bruma

      Anagrams

      Middle English

      Noun

      brumeCategory:Middle English alternative forms#BRUMECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#BRUMECategory:Pages with entries#BRUMECategory:Pages with 5 entries#BRUME

      1. (NorthernCategory:Northern Middle English#BRUME) alternative form of brom
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