Bureau - Wiktionary

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English

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French bureau, earlier "coarse cloth (as desk cover), baize", from Old French burel (“woolen cloth”), diminutive of *bure (compare Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), French bourre (“hair, fluff”)), from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”); akin to Ancient Greek βερβέριον (berbérion, “shabby garment”). Doublet of burel and borrel, taken from Old French.

Pronunciation

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(UK) enPR: byo͝orʹō, byo͝orʹə, IPA(key): /ˈbjʊ.ɹəʊ/, /ˈbjʊ.ɹə/
(US) enPR: byərʹō, byərʹə, IPA(key): /ˈbjʊ.ɹoʊ/, /ˈbjʊ.ɹə/, /ˈbjɝ.oʊ/, /ˈbjɝ.ə/
Audio (US): (file)
Audio (New England): (file)
Rhymes: -ʊəɹəʊ, -ʊəɹə

Noun

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bureau (plural bureaus or bureaux)

An administrative unit of government; office. Synonyms: bu, bu.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns‎[1]:Ashley Johnson is an energy, trade and economics expert at the National Bureau of Asian Research, based in the United States.
An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news. a news bureau; a travel bureau; a service bureau; an employment bureau; the Citizens Advice Bureau
- 2012 May 5, Henry Alford, “Future TED Talks”, in The New York Times‎[2], archived from the original on 9 May 2012:Newt Gingrich gives powerful testimony to the appeal of “the last word in content providership” — speakers’ bureaus.
An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).
- 2015, Victoria Delderfield, Secret Mother:There was an eerie silence in the dorm [... in] the factory. [...] The lamp glowed in his bureau, warm and reassuring and, through the window, I could see his papers strewn across the desk. [...] I called his name again. A movement from his bureau. [...] I banged on his door until it opened a crack[. ...] He pushed me out onto the staircase. "Get out," he screamed. The door to his bureau slammed in my face.
- 2010, Ellie Nielsen, Buying a Piece of Paris: A Memoir, page 17:Both my ability to comprehend what is being said [in French] and my ability to fake comprehension have improved expeditiously. Monsieur holds the door open for me as we step inside his bureau. No one looks up as we enter. He offers me a seat, and when I fail to take it he returns to my side of the desk [...].
- 2015, Dan Riker, The Blue Girl Murders, page 287:Nick opened the bureau door and told Joan he was going to find Susan. He walked to the cafeteria, but it was empty. He went back to the bureau, and asked Joan to check the restrooms.
(chiefly British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.
(Northeastern US) A chest of drawers for clothes.

Derived terms

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bu, bu.
bureaucrat
bureau de change
bureaugamous
bureausis
credit bureau
extrabureau
International Time Bureau
marriage bureau
multibureau
QSL bureau
subbureau
telebureau

Related terms

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bureaucracy
bureaucrat
bureaucratic
bureau de change
bureaugamy
bureau-ocracy
bureau plat
burel

Translations

[edit] unit of governance, office

Belarusian: бюро́ n (bjuró), канто́ра f (kantóra), о́фіс m (ófis), канцэля́рыя f (kanceljáryja), канцыля́рыя f (kancyljáryja)
Bulgarian: о́фис (bg) m (ófis), канто́ра (bg) f (kantóra), канцела́рия (bg) f (kancelárija)
Burmese: ဗျူရို (my) (byurui)
Czech: úřad (cs) m, kancelář (cs) f
Esperanto: buroo
French: bureau (fr) m
German: Büro (de) n
Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד (he) m (misrád)
Hindi: मंत्रालय (hi) m (mantrālay), विभाग (hi) m (vibhāg)
Hungarian: iroda (hu)
Macedonian: канцеларија f (kancelarija)
Polish: urząd (pl) m
Russian: бюро́ (ru) n (bjuró), конто́ра (ru) f (kontóra), о́фис (ru) m (ófis), канцеля́рия (ru) f (kanceljárija)
Spanish: departamento (es) m
Ukrainian: бюро́ (uk) n (bjuró), конто́ра f (kontóra), о́фіс (uk) m (ófis), канцеля́рія f (kanceljárija)
Uyghur: بيۇرو (byuro)
West Frisian: buro n

for the collection and provision of information

Danish: bureau (da)
Russian: бюро́ (ru) n (bjuró)
Spanish: oficina (es) f, agencia (es) f, negociado (es) m, buró (es) m

office (room)

Albanian: zyrë (sq) f
Arabic: مَكْتَب (ar) m (maktab)
Armenian: բյուրո (hy) (byuro), գրասենյակ (hy) (grasenyak)
Azerbaijani: büro (az)
Belarusian: о́фіс m (ófis), канто́ра f (kantóra), бюро́ n (bjuró)
Breton: burev (br)
Bulgarian: канто́ра (bg) f (kantóra), бюро́ (bg) n (bjuró)
Chinese: Mandarin: 署 (zh) (shǔ), 局 (zh) (jú), 辦公室 / 办公室 (zh) (bàngōngshì), 事務所 / 事务所 (zh) (shìwùsuǒ)
Crimean Tatar: büro
Czech: kancelář (cs) f, úřad (cs) m
Danish: bureau (da) n
Dutch: agentschap (nl) n, kantoor (nl) n, bureau (nl) n
Faroese: skrivstova f
Finnish: toimisto (fi), virasto (fi)
French: agence (fr) f, bureau (fr) m
Georgian: ბიურო (biuro), ოფისი (opisi)
German: Büro (de) n
Greek: γραφείο (el) n (grafeío) Ancient Greek: γραφεῖον n (grapheîon)
Hebrew: לִשְׁכָּה (he) f (lishká)
Hindi: कार्यालय (hi) m (kāryālay), कार्यशाला f (kāryaśālā)
Indonesian: biro (id)
Italian: ufficio (it) m
Japanese: 事務室 (ja) (じむしつ, jimushitsu), オフィス (ja) (ofisu), 事務所 (ja) (じむしょ, jimusho)
Kazakh: бюро (büro)
Khmer: ការិយាល័យ (km) (kaariyaalay)
Korean: 사무실(事務室) (ko) (samusil), 사무소(事務所) (ko) (samuso), 오피스 (opiseu)
Kyrgyz: бюро (ky) (byuro)
Lithuanian: biuras (lt) m
Macedonian: канцела́рија f (kancelárija), биро́ n (biró)
Malay: biro
Maltese: uffiċċju m
Norwegian: Bokmål: byrå n
Persian: Iranian Persian: دَفْتَر (daftar), اِدارِه (edâre)
Polish: biuro (pl) n
Portuguese: escritório (pt) m, birô (pt) m
Romanian: birou (ro) n
Russian: о́фис (ru) m (ófis), конто́ра (ru) f (kontóra), бюро́ (ru) n (bjuró)
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бѝро̄ n Roman: bìrō (sh) n
Slovak: kancelária f
Slovene: biro n
Spanish: oficina (es) f
Swedish: byrå (sv) c
Tagalog: kawanihan
Tajik: дафтар (tg) (daftar), бюро (byuro), идора (tg) (idora)
Turkish: büro (tr)
Ukrainian: о́фіс (uk) m (ófis), конто́ра f (kontóra), бюро́ (uk) n (bjuró)
Urdu: دَفْتَر m (daftar)
Uzbek: daftar (uz), idora (uz)
Vietnamese: văn phòng (vi), sự giúp đỡ (vi)
West Frisian: buro n

desk

Arabic: مَكْتَب (ar) m (maktab)
Armenian: գրասեղան (hy) (graseġan)
Bulgarian: писа́лище (bg) n (pisálište), бюро́ (bg) n (bjuró)
Dutch: bureau (nl) n, bureel (nl) n
Finnish: työpöytä (fi), kirjoituspöytä (fi)
French: secrétaire (fr) m, bureau (fr) m
German: Sekretär (de) m, Schreibtisch (de) m, Büro (de) n
Hebrew: מִכְתָּבָה (he) f (makhtevá)
Hungarian: szekreter (hu)
Italian: scrivania (it) f, scrittoio (it) m
Maltese: skrivanija
Norwegian: Bokmål: skatoll (no) n, sekretær (no) m Nynorsk: skatoll n, sekretær m
Polish: biurko (pl) n, biurka n pl
Portuguese: mesa (pt), escrivaninha (pt), birô (pt) m
Romanian: birou (ro) n
Russian: бюро́ (ru) n (bjuró), пи́сьменный стол (ru) m (písʹmennyj stol), конто́рка (ru) f (kontórka) (colloquial), секрете́р (ru) m (sekretɛ́r)
Spanish: escritorio (es) m, buró (es) m, secreter m
West Frisian: buro n

chest of drawers for clothes

Armenian: կոմոդ (hy) (komod)
Burmese: ဗီရို (my) (birui)
Dutch: kledingkast (nl) f or m, kast (nl) f or m
Finnish: lipasto (fi)
French: chiffonnier (fr) m, commode (fr) f
German: Kommode (de) f
Italian: cassettone (it), comò (it)
Maltese: burò
Norwegian: Bokmål: kommode (no) m Nynorsk: kommode m
Portuguese: cômoda (pt) f, cômodas f pl
Russian: комо́д (ru) m (komód), шифонье́р (ru) m (šifonʹjér)
Spanish: cómoda (es) f
Swedish: byrå (sv) c
Turkish: şifonyer (tr)

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:bureauWikipedia da

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French bureau.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /byˈʁo/, [pyˈʁ̞o̝]

Noun

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bureau n (singular definite bureauet, plural indefinite bureauer)

bureau

Declension

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neutergender	singular		plural
neutergender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bureau	bureauet	bureauer	bureauerne
genitive	bureaus	bureauets	bureauers	bureauernes

Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:bureauWikipedia nl

Alternative forms

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buro (superseded)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /byˈroː/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -oː
Hyphenation: bu‧reau

Noun

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bureau n (plural bureaus, diminutive bureautje n)

(furniture) desk [from 18th c.] Synonym: schrijftafel
(building) office, office building [from late 18th c.] (especially office buildings for writing and publishing journalism and literature, or the police station as a building) Synonyms: bureel, kantoor
(non-commercial) agency (government organisation, such as a police station: "politiebureau"; a scientific or humanities research institute: "onderzoeksbureau"; political party think tank: "wetenschappelijk bureau")
(commercial) 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")

Derived terms

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bureaula
bureaulamp
burotica
consultatiebureau
marketingbureau
modellenbureau
onderzoekbureau
onderzoeksbureau
planbureau
politiebureau
reclamebureau
stabureau
stembureau
zit-stabureau

Related terms

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bureel

Descendants

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Afrikaans: buro
→ Caribbean Hindustani: buro
→ Indonesian: biro
→ Papiamentu: biroshi, birosji (from the diminutive)
→ Sranan Tongo: biro

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:bureauWikipedia fr

Etymology

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Inherited from Old French burel, diminutive of *bure (compare Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), French bourre (“hair, fluff”)), from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”); akin to Ancient Greek βερβέριον (berbérion, “shabby garment”).