le
masculine
/by.ʁo/
#344 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
office, desk
Word origin
From Old French burel, a diminutive denoting a coarse woollen cloth used to cover writing tables, ultimately from Late Latin burra ('coarse wool'). It came to mean the desk, then the office. The same root gave English 'bureau'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- burra
- English cognates
- bureau, bureaucracy
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralbureaux
Examples
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His desk is always well tidied and clean.
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She works in the office on the first floor.
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The office is closed on Saturday and Sunday.
J' .
I left my keys on the desk this morning.
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The post office is right opposite.
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