AskDefine | Define brume

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English

Etymology

From French brume, from Latin bruma ‘winter’.

Pronunciation

/bru:m/

Noun

  1. 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)

Related terms

French

Etymology

Old French, from Latin bruma ‘winter’.

Pronunciation

  • /bʀym/

Noun

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Italian

Noun

brume
  1. Plural of bruma
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