English

Etymology
Old French bruit#French|bruit.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'bɹu:t/

Verb
bruit

1. obsolete to echo

#:And the King's rouse the heaven shall bruit again,
#:Re-speaking earthly thunder. - "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2 lines 127-128

1. (US, archaic Brit) to spread or disseminate a rumour etc.

#:*1997: Paranoid. Now he knew what it meant, this word that was bandied and bruited so easily, and he sensed the connections being made around him. � Don DeLillo?, Underworld

French

Etymology
Old French, use as a noun of the past participle form of bruire �to roar�, from a Proto-Romanic alteration (by association with braire �cry�) of Latin rugire �roar�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /b�ɥi/

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. a noise
2. a rumor or report

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• 2007-12-20 11:21 - VolkovBot - robot Adding: [[el:bruit]]

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