bureau

CEFRB2

/ˈbjʊ.ɹəʊ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An office or organization providing a particular service.

  2. 02

    noun

    A chest of drawers, usually used for clothes.

Examples

  • The college has a placement bureau for students.

  • The weather bureau says it will rain tonight.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbjʊ.ɹoʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).

  2. An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news.

  3. An administrative unit of government; office.

More examples

In context

  • a news bureau; a travel bureau; a service bureau; an employment bureau; the Citizens Advice Bureau

  • Ashley Johnson is an energy, trade and economics expert at the National Bureau of Asian Research, based in the United States.

  • Newt Gingrich gives powerful testimony to the appeal of “the last word in content providership” — speakers’ bureaus.

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Origin

noun

Old French burel French bureauubor. English bureau Unadapted borrowing from French bureau, earlier "coarse cloth (as desk cover), baize", from Old French burel (“woolen cloth”), diminutive of *bure (compare Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), French bourre (“hair, fluff”)), from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”); akin to Ancient Greek βερβέριον (berbérion, “shabby garment”). Doublet of burel and borrel, taken from Old French.