brume
See also: brumé and brumë
English
WOTD – 18 January 2006
Etymology
Borrowed from French brume, from Latin 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-European *mréǵʰus (“brief, short”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɹuːm/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -uːm
Noun
brume (countable and uncountable, plural brumes)
- (literary) 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.
- 1972, John Gardner, Grendel, André Deutsch, page 77:
- All around their bubble of stupidity I could feel the brume of the dragon.
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Related terms
- brumous
- brumal
- brumate
Anagrams
- umber, umbre
French
Etymology
From Old French brume, borrowed from Latin brūma (“winter”), possibly through the intermediate of Old Occitan bruma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁym/
audio (file)
Noun
brume f (plural brumes)
- mist, haze, fog
Derived terms
- corne de brume
- tombée de la brume
Related terms
- brumaire
Descendants
- → English: brume
Further reading
- “brume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 18th century. Unknown: perhaps from Latin morbus, blended with Latin vomica.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɾumɪ]
Noun
brume m (plural brumes)
- pus
- Synonym: pus
References
- “brume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “brume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “brume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “gormar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbru.me/
- Rhymes: -ume
- Hyphenation: brù‧me
Noun
brume f
- plural of bruma
Anagrams
- rumbe, umbre
Middle English
Noun
brume
- (Northern) Alternative form of brom