bureau

  • 31bureau — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ federal, government (both AmE) ▪ census (AmE), citizen s advice (BrE), credit (AmE), employment, news ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 32bureau — [[t]bjʊ͟əroʊ[/t]] (The usual plural in British English is bureaux. The usual plural in American English is bureaus.) 1) N COUNT: oft in names A bureau is an office, organization, or government department that collects and distributes information …

    English dictionary

  • 33bureau */*/ — UK [ˈbjʊərəʊ] / US [ˈbjʊroʊ] noun [countable] Word forms bureau : singular bureau plural bureaux UK [ˈbjʊərəʊz] / US [ˈbjʊroʊz] or bureaus 1) a) an organization that provides information or services an advice bureau the Waste Management… …

    English dictionary

  • 34bureau — Le bureau, Pluteus, Auditorium. Apres d avoir le prochain bureau, Pignus secundae audientiae. Mettre le cas sur le bureau, Inducere litis causam, vel cognitionem. B. ex Plinio iuniore. Mettre le procez sur le bureau, Ire in consilium. Bud. ex Cic …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 35bureau — bu|reau [ bjurou ] (plural bu|reaus or bu|reaux [ bjurouz ] ) noun count *** 1. ) a government department or part of a government department: the European Affairs Bureau a ) the Bureau the FBI in the U.S. 2. ) an organization that provides… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 36bureau — bu|reau [ˈbjuərəu US ˈbjurou] n plural bureaus or bureaux [ rəuz US rouz] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: desk, cloth covering for desks , from Old French burel woolen cloth , from Latin burra wool, rough cloth ] 1.) …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37bureau — [17] Etymologically, bureau seems to mean ‘red’. Its ultimate source is probably Greek purrhós ‘red’, a derivative of pur ‘fire’ (as in English pyre and pyrotechnic), which is related to English fire. This was borrowed into Latin as burrus, which …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 38bureau — [17] Etymologically, bureau seems to mean ‘red’. Its ultimate source is probably Greek purrhós ‘red’, a derivative of pur ‘fire’ (as in English pyre and pyrotechnic), which is related to English fire. This was borrowed into Latin as burrus, which …

    Word origins

  • 39bureau — nm. (salle, meuble, groupe de personnes) : BURÔ (Aix, Albanais.001, Chambéry, Cordon.083, Reyvroz, Saxel.002, Thonon, Vaulx). E. : Ambiance. A1) bureau de bienfaisance, bureau d aide sociale (BAS) : meûrna dé pouro nf. (002). A2) bureau de tabac …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 40bureau — n. a better business (AE); credit; farm; missing persons; news; service; speakers ; travel; weather (AE; BE has meteorological office) bureau * * * [ bjʊ(ə)rəʊ] credit farm missing persons news service speakers t …

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