different between bureau vs district

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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 ????????? (berbérion, “shabby garment”). Doublet of burel and borrel, taken from Old French.

Pronunciation

• enPR: byo?or??, IPA^(key): /?bj??.??/
• enPR: byo?or??, IPA^(key): /?bj??.?/
• (US) enPR: by?r??, by?r??, IPA^(key): /?bj??.o?/, /?bj??.?/
• (New England)
• Rhymes: -?????, Rhymes: -????
• Rhymes: -?????
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

bureau (plural bureaus or bureaux)

1. An administrative unit of government; office.
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2. An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news.

3. An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).
   • 2015, Victoria Delderfield, Secret Mother:

     There was an eerie silence in the dorm [... in] the factory. [...] The lamp glowed in his bureau, warm and reassuring and, through the window, I could see his papers strewn across the desk. [...] I called his name again. A movement from his bureau. [...] I banged on his door until it opened a crack[. ...] He pushed me out onto the staircase. "Get out," he screamed. The door to his bureau slammed in my face.
4. (chiefly Britain) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.
5. (US) A chest of drawers for clothes.

Derived terms

• bureau de change
• QSL bureau

Related terms

• bureaucracy
• bureaucrat
• bureaucratic
• bureaugamy
• burel

Translations

Further reading

• bureau in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• bureau in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• buro (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by?ro?/
• Hyphenation: bu?reau
• Rhymes: -o?

Noun

bureau n (plural bureaus, diminutive bureautje n)

1. desk [from 18th c.]
2. office [from late 18th c.]

Synonyms

• (desk): schrijftafel
• (office): bureel, kantoor

Derived terms

• bureaula
• bureaulamp
• burotica
• consultatiebureau
• politiebureau
• reclamebureau

Related terms

• bureel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: buro
• ? Indonesian: biro

French

Etymology

From Old French burel, 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 ????????? (berbérion, “shabby garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by.?o/

Noun

bureau m (plural bureaux)

1. desk
2. office (room)
3. ticket office
4. the staff of an office
5. office; an administrative unit
6. (obsolete) frieze (coarse woolen cloth)

Derived terms

Related terms

• bourre
• bourgeon

Descendants

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) +? stringere (“to draw tight, strain”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?s?tr?kt, IPA^(key): /?d?st??kt/
• Hyphenation: dis?trict

Noun

district (plural districts)

1. An administrative division of an area.

   the Soho district of London

2. An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.

   the Lake District in Cumbria

3. (Britain) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.

   South Oxfordshire District Council

Derived terms

Related terms

• districtual

Translations

Verb

district (third-person singular simple present districts, present participle districting, simple past and past participle districted)

1. (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.

Derived terms

• redistrict

Translations

Adjective

district (comparative more district, superlative most district)

1. (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
   • 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments

     punishing with the rod of district severity

Further reading

• district in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• district in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• district at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch district, from Middle French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distring?, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + string?, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?tr?kt/
• Hyphenation: dis?trict
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

district n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)

1. district

Derived terms

• kiesdistrict

Descendants

• Afrikaans: distrik
• ? Indonesian: distrik

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.t?ikt/, /dis.t?ik/

Noun

district m (plural districts)

1. district

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distring?, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + string?, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).

Noun

district m (plural districts)

1. (Jersey) district

Romanian

Etymology

From French district

Noun

district n (plural districte)

1. district

Declension