brus

See also: Brus, bruś, Bruś, and брус

English

Noun

brus

  1. plural of bru

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbrus]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brusъ.

Noun

brus m inan

  1. grinding stone, whetstone
    smirkový brusemery-wheel
    brus na ostřenírubstone
Declension
nouns

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

brus

  1. second-person singular imperative of brousit

Further reading

  • brus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • brus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • brus in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

Blend of broer (brother) + zus (sister).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brʏs/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: brus
  • Rhymes: -ʏs

Noun

brus m or f (plural brussen, diminutive brusje n)

  1. (uncommon) 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.
    Synonym: (chiefly academic) sibling

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

brus m (genitive singular bruis)

  1. broken, crumbled, bits; dust

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brus bhrus mbrus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *brusъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian brus, Polish brus, Czech brus, Serbo-Croatian brȗs, Russian брус (brus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [brus]

Noun

brus m inan (diminutive brusk)

  1. whetstone, grindstone

Declension

Derived terms

  • bruscyk
  • brusćik
  • brusyk

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brʉːs/, [bɾʉʷːs]
  • Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

brus m (definite singular brusen, indefinite plural brus, definite plural brusene) (countable or uncountable)

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

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

brus m (definite singular brusen, indefinite plural brusar, definite plural brusane) (countable or uncountable)

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

Verb

brus

  1. imperative of brusa

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brusъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brus/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: brus
  • Homophone: Brus

Noun

brus m inan

  1. whetstone, hone
    Synonym: osełka

Declension

noun
  • bruśnik
verb

Further reading

  • brus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brusъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brûːs/

Noun

brȗs m (Cyrillic spelling бру̑с)

  1. whetstone, grindstone

Declension

References

  • brus” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from brusa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brʉːs/
  • Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

brus n

  1. noise, static (the sound of bad speakers and the like)
  2. noise (similar sound of crashing waves, streaming water, wind, 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)
  3. (technology) noise, static
    vitt brus
    white noise
    Jag får ingen bild på tv:n. Det är bara brus.
    I can't get a picture on the TV. It's just static.

Declension

Declension of brus 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative brus bruset
Genitive brus brusets

See also

References

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Noun

brus

  1. tobacco
    Synonym: tabak
  2. cigar
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