different between burocracy vs buro

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bj?????k??si/

Noun

burocracy (plural burocracies)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of bureaucracy

Related terms

• burocrat
• burocratic

English

Alternative forms

• bureau

Etymology

Borrowed from French bureau (“desk”, 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”).

Noun

buro (plural buros)

1. an office
2. a desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath.
3. (US) a chest of drawers for clothes

Related terms

• burocracy
• burocrat
• burocratic
• burel

Translations

Anagrams

• Bour, Bøur

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bureau, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by?r???/

Noun

buro (plural buro's)

1. desk
2. office

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by?ro?/
• Hyphenation: bu?ro

Noun

buro n (plural buro's, diminutive burootje n)

1. Superseded spelling of bureau.

Istro-Romanian

Adjective

buro n

1. neuter singular of bur

Swedish

Verb

buro

1. obsolete plural form of bar, past tense of bära.