Noun

brusCategory:English non-lemma forms#BRUSCategory:English noun forms#BRUSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BRUSCategory:Pages with entries#BRUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BRUS

1. plural of bru

Anagrams

• urbs, rubs, srub, burs, RUBs, Burs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrus]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#BRUS

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Czech terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BRUSCategory:Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BRUS *brusъ.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “brus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “brus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “brus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Etymology

Blend of broer (“brother”) +‎ zus (“sister”)Category:Dutch blends#BRUS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brʏs/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#BRUS

• Audio:

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  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#BRUS
• Hyphenation: brus
• Rhymes: -ʏsCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ʏs#BRUS

Noun

brus m or f (plural brussen, diminutive brusje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BRUSCategory:Dutch nouns#BRUSCategory:Dutch nouns with m+f gender#BRUSCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#BRUSCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BRUSCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#BRUSCategory:Dutch feminine nouns#BRUSCategory:Dutch nouns with multiple genders#BRUSCategory:Pages with entries#BRUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BRUS

1. (uncommonCategory:Dutch terms with uncommon senses#BRUS) sibling
   • 2009, De Tandem vzw, Brochure for workshop “Brussen aan het woord”

     Beide organisaties realiseren daarom samen deze studiedag, waarin de plaats van brussen in de ondersteuning van gezinnen het centrale thema vormt.

     Both organisations together therefore organise this workshop, in which the place of siblings in the support of families is the central theme.

     Category:Dutch terms with quotations#BRUS

   Synonym: (chiefly academic) sibling

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Irish entries#BRUS

Noun

brus m (genitive singular bruis)Category:Irish lemmas#BRUSCategory:Irish nouns#BRUSCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#BRUSCategory:Irish masculine nouns#BRUSCategory:Pages with entries#BRUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BRUS

1. broken, crumbled, bits; dust

Mutation

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “brus”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology

From Proto-SlavicCategory:Lower Sorbian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BRUSCategory:Lower Sorbian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BRUS *brusъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian brus, Polish brus, Czech brus, Serbo-Croatian brȗs, Russian брус (brus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrus/Category:Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation#BRUS
• Rhymes: -usCategory:Rhymes:Lower Sorbian/us#BRUSCategory:Rhymes:Lower Sorbian/us/1 syllable#BRUS
• Syllabification: brus

Noun

brus m inan (diminutive brusk)Category:Lower Sorbian lemmas#BRUSCategory:Lower Sorbian nouns#BRUSCategory:Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#BRUSCategory:Lower Sorbian masculine nouns#BRUSCategory:Lower Sorbian inanimate nouns#BRUSCategory:Pages with entries#BRUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BRUS

1. whetstone, grindstone

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “brus”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “brus”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Etymology

From bruse (verb); a shortening of the earlier term bruslimonade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brʉːs/, [bɾʉʷːs]Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation#BRUS
• Rhymes: -ʉːsCategory:Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ʉːs#BRUS

Noun

brus m (definite singular brusen, indefinite plural brus, definite plural brusene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#BRUSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#BRUSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BRUSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#BRUSCategory:Pages with entries#BRUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BRUS (countableCategory:Norwegian Bokmål countable nouns#BRUS or uncountableCategory:Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns#BRUS)

1. soda, pop (carbonated water, both US), fizzy drink (UK), (carbonated) soft drink

References

• “brus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology 1

From bruse (verb); a shortening of the earlier term bruslimonade.

Etymology 2

References

• “brus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BRUSCategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BRUS *brusъ.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#BRUS
• Rhymes: -usCategory:Rhymes:Polish/us#BRUSCategory:Rhymes:Polish/us/1 syllable#BRUS
• Syllabification: brus
• Homophone: BrusCategory:Polish terms with homophones#BRUS

Noun

brus m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#BRUSCategory:Polish nouns#BRUSCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#BRUSCategory:Polish masculine nouns#BRUSCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#BRUSCategory:Pages with entries#BRUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BRUS

1. whetstone, hone

   Synonym: osełka

Further reading

• “brus”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎ (in Polish)
• Roman Zawiliński (1880), “brus”, in “Gwara brzezińska w pow. ropczyckim”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I)‎ (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 227

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BRUSCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BRUS *brusъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brûːs/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#BRUS

Noun

brȗs m inan (Cyrillic spelling бру̑с)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#BRUSCategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#BRUSCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine inanimate nouns#BRUSCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#BRUSCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns#BRUSCategory:Serbo-Croatian inanimate nouns#BRUSCategory:Pages with entries#BRUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BRUS

1. whetstone, grindstone

Further reading

• “brus”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology

Deverbal from brusaCategory:Swedish deverbals#BRUS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brʉːs/Category:Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation#BRUS
• Rhymes: -ʉːsCategory:Rhymes:Swedish/ʉːs#BRUSCategory:Rhymes:Swedish/ʉːs/1 syllable#BRUS

Noun

brus nCategory:Swedish lemmas#BRUSCategory:Swedish nouns#BRUSCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BRUSCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#BRUSCategory:Pages with entries#BRUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BRUS

1. noise, static (the sound of bad speakers and the like)
2. noise (similar sound of crashing waves, rapids, effervescent tablets dissolving, etc.)

   Du som stillar havens brus, deras böljors brus och folkens larm.

   Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the racket of the people. (Psalms 65:7)

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#BRUS

   1. roar, murmur, fizz, etc. (when sounding better as translations, depending on loudness and source)
3. (technologyCategory:sv:Technology#BRUS) noise, static

   vitt brus

   white noise

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#BRUS

   Jag får ingen bild på tv:n. Det är bara brus.

   I can't get a picture on the TV. It's just static.

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#BRUS

References

• “brus”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “brus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “brus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• burs

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Tok Pisin entries#BRUS

Noun

brusCategory:Tok Pisin lemmas#BRUSCategory:Tok Pisin nouns#BRUSCategory:Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header#BRUSCategory:Pages with entries#BRUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BRUS

1. tobacco

   Synonym: tabak

2. cigar