"buroo" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bəˈɹuː/ [UK] Forms: buroos [plural]
Etymology: Representing a Scottish pronunciation of bureau. Head templates: {{en-noun}} buroo (plural buroos)
  1. (Scotland, slang) The Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole. Tags: Scotland, slang Synonyms: broo, burroo

Noun [Esperanto]

IPA: [buˈroo] Forms: buroon [accusative, singular], burooj [plural], buroojn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -oo Etymology: Borrowed from French bureau. Etymology templates: {{bor|eo|fr|bureau}} French bureau Head templates: {{eo-head}} buroo (accusative singular buroon, plural burooj, accusative plural buroojn)
  1. (government) bureau Categories (topical): Government Synonyms: kontoro, oficejo
    Sense id: en-buroo-eo-noun-IQdg-6gY Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Topics: government

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Representing a Scottish pronunciation of bureau.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buroos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "193?, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, ‘Forsaken’, Smeddum, Canongate 2001",
          "text": "Johnny kenned at once the coarse brute was drunk same as father was Friday nights when he got his money from the Broo."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Alasdair Gray, “Quiet People”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 461:",
          "text": "‘Anyway, MacFee is very good at stripping lead and copper and zinc and iron from old factories and houses that are going to be demolished – folk pay him to do that, and when work is short he never goes on the burroo.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "The Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole."
      ],
      "id": "en-buroo-en-noun-HARFtGkx",
      "links": [
        [
          "benefit",
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        ],
        [
          "dole",
          "dole"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Scotland, slang) The Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "broo"
        },
        {
          "word": "burroo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈɹuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "buroo"
}

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      },
      "expansion": "French bureau",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French bureau.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buroon",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burooj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buroojn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "buroo (accusative singular buroon, plural burooj, accusative plural buroojn)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bu‧ro‧o"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "eo",
          "name": "Government",
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            "Society",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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        [
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          "bureau"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(government) bureau"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kontoro"
        },
        {
          "word": "oficejo"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[buˈroo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buroo"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Representing a Scottish pronunciation of bureau.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buroos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "buroo (plural buroos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with quotations",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "193?, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, ‘Forsaken’, Smeddum, Canongate 2001",
          "text": "Johnny kenned at once the coarse brute was drunk same as father was Friday nights when he got his money from the Broo."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Alasdair Gray, “Quiet People”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 461:",
          "text": "‘Anyway, MacFee is very good at stripping lead and copper and zinc and iron from old factories and houses that are going to be demolished – folk pay him to do that, and when work is short he never goes on the burroo.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "The Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole."
      ],
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          "benefit"
        ],
        [
          "dole",
          "dole"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Scotland, slang) The Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈɹuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "broo"
    },
    {
      "word": "burroo"
    }
  ],
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}

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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French bureau.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buroon",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burooj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buroojn",
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        "plural"
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    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "buroo (accusative singular buroon, plural burooj, accusative plural buroojn)",
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  "hyphenation": [
    "bu‧ro‧o"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Esperanto lemmas",
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        "Esperanto terms derived from French",
        "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "eo:Government"
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        "(government) bureau"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "kontoro"
        },
        {
          "word": "oficejo"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[buˈroo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buroo"
}

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