# bru
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Afrikaans broer. Doublet of bhai, brother, frater, friar, pal, and vai.

#### Noun

bru (plural brus)
* (South Africa) bro; bra; term of address for a man
** 2006, Guy Brown, Hijack!: cracking one of South Africa's most violent carjacking syndicates, page 37:"Nice little bonus for you, hey bru," Paul was saying.
** 2013, Nick Roddy, Out of Jericho, page 200:“Listen, bru, don't take this the wrong way, but I grew up with the black man. Never underestimate him and never overestimate him. […]

### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

bru
* (slang) Alternative spelling of bruh

### Anagrams

* RUB, bur, bur-, rub

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Frankish *brūn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɾu]
* Rhymes: -u

### Adjective

bru (feminine bruna, masculine plural bruns, feminine plural brunes)
* dark brown

#### Derived terms

* os bru

### Noun

bru m (plural bruns)
* dark brown

### Further reading

* “bru” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “bru”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “bru” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “bru” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

From Middle French bru, from Old French bru, brui, bruz, from Late Latin bruta, brutis, from Old High German brūt (“daughter-in-law, bride”) or Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bruþs, “daughter-in-law”); both from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride, daughter-in-law”). Akin to Old English brȳd (“bride”), English bride.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁy/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bru f (plural brus)
* (regional) daughter-in-law
    Synonym: belle-fille
    Antonym: gendre

#### Usage notes

* The word is slightly dated in general European French, but current in many regions, including Canada.

#### Coordinate terms

* beau-fils
* beau-frère
* beau-père
* bel-enfant
* belle-mère
* belle-sœur

### See also

* marâtre
* parâtre

### Further reading

* “bru”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle English
### Noun

bru
* Alternative form of browe

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* bro

### Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk bru, akin to the spoken form of the Oslo area; from Old West Norse brú. Went into use with the 1938 spelling reform during the Samnorsk policy. Doublet of bro, from Danish bro.

### Noun

bru f or m (definite singular brua or bruen, indefinite plural bruer, definite plural bruene)
* bridge

#### Derived terms

* bogebru
* brubygger
* bruhode
* brukar
* buebru
* flytebru
* fotgjengerbru
* gangbru
* hengebru
* hvelvbru
* jernbanebru
* kavlebru
* kjørebru
* kommandobru
* kuldebru
* kvelvbru
* landgangsbru
* luftbru
* låvebru
* pongtongbru
* svingbru
* vindebru
* vippebru

### References

* “bru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “bru” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old West Norse brú.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brʉː/

### Noun

bru f (definite singular brua, indefinite plural bruer, definite plural bruene)
* bridge
    Dette er den lengste brua i verda.This is the longest bridge in the world.

#### Derived terms

* bogebru
* brubyggar
* brubygging
* brubyggjar
* bruhovud
* brukar
* brukjer
* flytebru
* fotgangarbru
* fotgjengarbru
* gangbru
* Gjeddarbru
* hengebru
* hengjebru
* jarnbanebru
* jernbanebru
* kavlebru
* kommandobru
* kvelvbru
* køyrebru
* landgangsbru
* luftbru
* låvebru
* svingbru
* vindebru
* vippebru

### References

* “bru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* bur

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bruː/

### Noun

brū f
* an eyelash
* an eyebrow

#### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

#### Derived terms

* oferbrū (“eyebrow”)

#### Descendants

* Middle English: browe, broȝ, brou, brow, bru, brouwe, brwe, bruwe
** English: brow
** Geordie English: broo
** Scots: broo

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bru”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* brut

### Noun

bru oblique singular, f (oblique plural brus, nominative singular bru, nominative plural brus)
* daughter-in-law

#### Descendants

* French: bru

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (bru, supplement)

## Pnar
### Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *bruː. Cognate with Khasi briew. Compare Proto-Khmuic *-brɔʔ (“person, man”) (whence Khmu [Cuang] cmbrɔʔ), Proto-Katuic *ɓruu (“mountain”) (whence the autonym Bru), Proto-Vietic *b-ruːʔ (whence Vietnamese rú), Santali ᱵᱩᱨᱩ (buru).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bru/

### Noun

bru
* person
    u bru ― man
    uni u bru ― this man
    ka bru ― woman
    kani ka bru ― this woman

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* beru

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbru/
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: bru

### Noun

bru m inan
* genitive singular of ber

## Puyuma
### Noun

bru
* (in females' ritual language) water

#### Synonyms

* ənay (general term)
* nanum (ritual term used by males)

### References

* Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary