different between brut vs beast

English

Etymology

From French brut (“raw”), from Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin br?tus (“heavy”).

Adjective

brut (comparative more brut, superlative most brut)

1. (of champagne) very dry, and not sweet

Anagrams

• Burt, trub

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin br?tus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?b?ut/
• Rhymes: -ut

Adjective

brut (feminine bruta, masculine plural bruts, feminine plural brutes)

1. unrefined, unpurified
2. dirty

   Synonyms: sutze, llord

   Antonym: net

3. gross

Derived terms

• brutament

Further reading

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

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• brot

Etymology

From Latin br?tus.

Adjective

brut (feminine bruta)

1. ugly
2. bad

French

Etymology

From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin br?tus (“heavy, dull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?yt/

Adjective

brut (feminine singular brute, masculine plural bruts, feminine plural brutes)

1. gross (as opposed to net)
2. raw
3. (drinks) strong

Derived terms

• art brut
• produit intérieur brut

Related terms

• brutal
• brute

Descendants

• ? English: brut
• ? German: brut

Further reading

• “brut” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From French brut, from Latin br?tus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

brut (not comparable)

1. brut

Declension

Further reading

• “brut” in Duden online

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *br?di, whence also Old Saxon br?d, Old English br?d, Old Norse brúðr,

Noun

br?t f

1. bride

Coordinate terms

• br?tigomo

Descendants

• Middle High German: br?t
  • Alemannic German: Bruut
  • Central Franconian: Brock, Brout, Bruut, Bruck

    Hunsrik: praut

  • German: Braut
  • Luxembourgish: Braut
  • ? Friulian: brût
  • ? Old French: bruy
    • French: bru

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German br?t

Pronunciation

Noun

br?t n (plural brut) (diminutive brut?a)

1. bread
2. loaf (of bread)

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse brjóta, from Proto-Germanic *breutan?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?rewd-. Through vowel-substitution also found as bryt, bryit; compare bruttu.

Pronunciation

• (Umeå, Bygdeå) IPA^(key): /²br??t/
• (Luleå) IPA^(key): /²bre???t/
• (Kalix) IPA^(key): /²br????t/

  Rhymes: -???t

Verb

brut (preterite bröjt or braut, supine brutti)

1. (transitive, with å or sånder) to break; to divide abruptly or remove a piece from something by breaking it

   Hä skikkä säg sä, att’n braut å bäinä

   It so happened, that he broke his leg.

Derived terms

• breot heode för

Related terms

• bruttu

English

Alternative forms

• beest (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin b?stia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see b?stia.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /bi?st/
• Rhymes: -i?st

Noun

beast (plural beasts)

1. Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
2. (more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.

   • Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.
3. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
4. (slang) Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.

   That is a beast of a stadium.

   The subwoofer that comes with this set of speakers is a beast.

5. (slang) Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
6. (prison slang, derogatory) A sex offender.
   • 1994, Elaine Player, Michael Jenkins, Prisons After Woolf: Reform Through Riot (page 190)

     Shouts had been heard: 'We're coming to kill you, beasts.' In desperation, Rule 43s had tried to barricade their doors […]
7. (figuratively) Something unpleasant and difficult.
   • 2000, Tom Clancy, The Bear and the Dragon, Berkley (2001), ?ISBN, page 905:

     […] Even unopposed, the natural obstacles are formidable, and defending his line of advance will be a beast of a problem."

   • 2006, Heather Burt, Adam's Peak, Dundurn Press (2006), ?ISBN, page 114:

     He'd be in the hospital a few days — broken collarbone, a cast on his arm, a beast of a headache — but fine.

8. A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.

Derived terms

• beastly
• minibeast
• saddle beast
• beast of burden

Related terms

• bestial
• bestiary

Translations

See also

• belluine (suppletive adjective)

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

beast (third-person singular simple present beasts, present participle beasting, simple past and past participle beasted)

1. (Britain, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.

Adjective

beast (comparative more beast, superlative most beast)

1. (slang, chiefly Midwestern and northeastern US) great; excellent; powerful
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Anagrams

• Bates, Sebat, abets, baste, bates, beats, besat, betas, esbat, tabes

Middle English

Noun

beast

1. Alternative form of beeste