different between burel vs bureau

English

Etymology

From Middle English burel, burrel, borel, 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”). Doublet of bureau, which was taken from later (early modern) French.

Noun

burel (countable and uncountable, plural burels)

1. A coarse woolen cloth.
   • 1964, L. F. Salzman, English Industries of the Middle Ages, p. 199.

     Burels at this time seem to have been made in lengths of 20 ells and sold at 8d. the ell, while the better quality cloths - browns, plunkets, blues, and greens - were nearly twice the length, and cost about 22d. the ell.

Translations

Anagrams

• Brule, Brulé, Luber, Ruble, bluer, ruble

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Old French burel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu???l/

Noun

burel m (plural bureis)

1. burel
   • 1274, Ramón Lorenzo, Colección documental do mosteiro de Montederramo, doc. 355:

     mando a Pero Mouro I saya de ualencina et I capa de burel

     I bequeath Pedro Mouro one robe of Valencian cloth and one cloak of burel

   Synonym: pardo

References

• “burel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “burel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “burel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “burel” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “burel” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old French

Etymology

Diminutive of *bure (compare Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), French bourre (“hair, fluff”)), from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”).

Noun

burel m (oblique plural bureaus or bureax or buriaus or buriax or burels, nominative singular bureaus or bureax or buriaus or buriax or burels, nominative plural burel)

1. frieze (coarse woolen cloth)
2. a garment made out of frieze

Descendants

• ? English: borrel, burel, burrel
• French: bureau
  • ? English: bureau
• ? Galician: burel
• ? Spanish: buriel

Spanish

Adjective

burel (plural bureles)

1. (bullfighting) reddish-brown (said of a bull)

Noun

burel m (plural bureles)

1. (heraldry) bar

Derived terms

• burelado

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.
   • 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns

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

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).