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Webster 1913 Edition

Brume

Brume

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Noun.
[F.
brume
winter season, mist, L.
bruma
winter.]
Mist; fog; vapors.
“The drifting brume.”
Longfellow.

Webster 1828 Edition

Brume

BRUME

,
Noun.
Mist; fog; vapors. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

brume

brume

See also: brumé and brumë

English

Noun

brume ‎(countable and uncountable, plural brumes)

  1. (literary) Mist, fog, vapour.
    • 1972, All around their bubble of stupidity I could feel the brume of the dragon. — John Gardner, Grendel (André Deutsch 1972, p. 77)

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French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin brūma ‎(“winter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁym/

Noun

brume f ‎(plural brumes)

  1. mist, haze, fog

Italian

Noun

brume f

  1. plural of bruma

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Etymology

Borrowing from French brume, from Latin brūma ‎(“winter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bruːm/

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