"bureau" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbjʊ.ɹəʊ/, /ˈbjʊ.ɹə/, /ˈbjʊ.ɹoʊ/ [US], /ˈbjʊ.ɹə/ [US] Audio: en-us-bureau.ogg , en-us-ne-bureau.ogg Forms: bureaus [plural], bureaux [plural]
enPR: byo͝orʹō, byo͝orʹə, byərʹō [US], byərʹə [US] Rhymes: -ʊəɹəʊ, Rhymes: -ʊəɹə, -ɪəɹəʊ, -əʊ Etymology: Unadapted borrowing 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 βερβέριον (berbérion, “shabby garment”). Doublet of burel and borrel, taken from Old French. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|bureau}} Unadapted borrowing from French bureau, {{der|en|fro|burel||woolen cloth}} Old French burel (“woolen cloth”), {{cog|frm|bure||coarse woolen cloth}} Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), {{cog|fr|bourre||hair, fluff}} French bourre (“hair, fluff”), {{der|en|LL.|burra||wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric}} Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”), {{cog|grc|βερβέριον||shabby garment}} Ancient Greek βερβέριον (berbérion, “shabby garment”), {{doublet|en|burel|borrel}} Doublet of burel and borrel Head templates: {{en-noun|s|bureaux}} bureau (plural bureaus or bureaux)
  1. An administrative unit of government; office. Categories (topical): Furniture Translations (office (room)): مَكْتَب (maktab) [masculine] (Arabic), բյուրո (byuro) (Armenian), գրասենյակ (grasenyak) (Armenian), о́фіс (ófis) [masculine] (Belarusian), канто́ра (kantóra) [feminine] (Belarusian), бюро́ (bjuró) [neuter] (Belarusian), burev (Breton), канто́ра (kantóra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), бюро́ (bjuró) [neuter] (Bulgarian), (shǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), (jú) (Chinese Mandarin), 辦公室 /办公室 (bàngōngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 事務所 /事务所 (shìwùsuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), büro (Crimean Tatar), kancelář [feminine] (Czech), úřad [masculine] (Czech), agentschap [neuter] (Dutch), kantoor [neuter] (Dutch), bureau [neuter] (Dutch), skrivstova [feminine] (Faroese), toimisto (Finnish), virasto (Finnish), agence [feminine] (French), bureau [masculine] (French), ბიურო (biuro) (Georgian), ოფისი (opisi) (Georgian), Büro [neuter] (German), γραφείο (grafeío) [neuter] (Greek), לִשְׁכָּה (lishká) [feminine] (Hebrew), कार्यालय (kāryālay) [masculine] (Hindi), कार्यशाला (kāryaśālā) [feminine] (Hindi), biro (Indonesian), ufficio [masculine] (Italian), 事務室 (jimushitsu) (alt: じむしつ) (Japanese), オフィス (ofisu) (Japanese), 事務所 (jimusho) (alt: じむしょ) (Japanese), 사무실 (samusil) (alt: 事務室) (Korean), 사무소 (samuso) (alt: 事務所) (Korean), 오피스 (opiseu) (Korean), канцела́рија (kancelárija) [feminine] (Macedonian), biro (Malay), uffiċċju [masculine] (Maltese), دفتر (daftar) (Persian), biuro [neuter] (Polish), biura [neuter, plural] (Polish), escritório [masculine] (Portuguese), birô [masculine] (Portuguese), birou [neuter] (Romanian), о́фис (ófis) [masculine] (Russian), конто́ра (kontóra) [feminine] (Russian), бюро́ (bjuró) [neuter] (Russian), kancelária [feminine] (Slovak), oficina [feminine] (Spanish), byrå [common-gender] (Swedish), kawanihan (Tagalog), büro (Turkish), о́фіс (ófis) [masculine] (Ukrainian), конто́ра (kontóra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), бюро́ (bjuró) [neuter] (Ukrainian), văn phòng (Vietnamese), sự giúp đỡ (Vietnamese), buro [neuter] (West Frisian) Translations (unit of governance, office): бюро́ (bjuró) [neuter] (Belarusian), канто́ра (kantóra) [feminine] (Belarusian), о́фіс (ófis) [masculine] (Belarusian), канцэля́рыя (kanceljáryja) [feminine] (Belarusian), канцыля́рыя (kancyljáryja) [feminine] (Belarusian), о́фис (ófis) [masculine] (Bulgarian), канто́ра (kantóra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), канцела́рия (kancelárija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဗျူရို (byurui) (Burmese), úřad [masculine] (Czech), kancelář [feminine] (Czech), buroo (Esperanto), bureau [masculine] (French), Büro [neuter] (German), מִשְׂרָד (misrád) [masculine] (Hebrew), मंत्रालय (mantrālay) [masculine] (Hindi), विभाग (vibhāg) [masculine] (Hindi), канцеларија (kancelarija) [feminine] (Macedonian), urząd [masculine] (Polish), бюро́ (bjuró) [neuter] (Russian), конто́ра (kontóra) [feminine] (Russian), о́фис (ófis) [masculine] (Russian), канцеля́рия (kanceljárija) [feminine] (Russian), departamento [masculine] (Spanish), бюро́ (bjuró) [neuter] (Ukrainian), конто́ра (kontóra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), о́фіс (ófis) [masculine] (Ukrainian), канцеля́рія (kanceljárija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), بيۇرو (byuro) (Uyghur), buro [neuter] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-bureau-en-noun-E9eMWld5 Disambiguation of Furniture: 17 5 15 28 35 Disambiguation of 'office (room)': 53 15 32 0 0 Disambiguation of 'unit of governance, office': 68 11 19 1 1
  2. An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news. Translations (for the collection and provision of information): bureau (Danish), бюро́ (bjuró) [neuter] (Russian), oficina [feminine] (Spanish), agencia [feminine] (Spanish), negociado [masculine] (Spanish), buró [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bureau-en-noun-R4p7db4h Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'for the collection and provision of information': 0 45 8 31 17
  3. An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed). Categories (topical): Furniture
    Sense id: en-bureau-en-noun-IiS3d1QM Disambiguation of Furniture: 17 5 15 28 35 Categories (other): Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 5 9 17 37 32 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 2 5 15 37 41
  4. (chiefly British) 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. Tags: British Categories (topical): Collectives, Furniture Translations (desk): مَكْتَب (maktab) [masculine] (Arabic), գրասեղան (graseġan) (Armenian), писа́лище (pisálište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), бюро́ (bjuró) [neuter] (Bulgarian), bureau [neuter] (Dutch), bureel [neuter] (Dutch), työpöytä (Finnish), kirjoituspöytä (Finnish), secrétaire [masculine] (French), bureau [masculine] (French), Sekretär [masculine] (German), Schreibtisch [masculine] (German), Büro [neuter] (German), מִכְתָּבָה (makhtevá) [feminine] (Hebrew), szekreter (Hungarian), scrivania [feminine] (Italian), scrittoio [masculine] (Italian), skrivanija (Maltese), skatoll [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sekretær [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skatoll [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sekretær [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), biurko [neuter] (Polish), biurka [neuter, plural] (Polish), mesa (Portuguese), escrivaninha (Portuguese), birô [masculine] (Portuguese), birou [neuter] (Romanian), бюро́ (bjuró) [neuter] (Russian), пи́сьменный стол (písʹmennyj stol) [masculine] (Russian), конто́рка (kontórka) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), секрете́р (sekretɛ́r) [masculine] (Russian), escritorio [masculine] (Spanish), buró [masculine] (Spanish), secreter [masculine] (Spanish), buro [neuter] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-bureau-en-noun-1LUj~XUy Disambiguation of Collectives: 6 10 26 49 10 Disambiguation of Furniture: 17 5 15 28 35 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 27 39 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 12 25 44 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 3 12 16 42 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 3 11 21 39 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 4 12 23 39 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 3 10 19 41 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 11 19 41 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 3 11 20 41 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 5 9 17 37 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 3 9 22 39 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 7 17 44 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 14 21 43 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 3 8 15 46 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 3 9 23 38 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 10 20 41 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 13 21 46 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 3 11 21 42 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 12 23 44 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 5 13 20 46 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 4 14 19 42 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 3 8 16 45 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 9 23 41 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 3 10 23 39 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 12 22 47 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 12 22 47 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 3 10 19 39 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 3 10 23 39 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 3 9 23 38 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 4 12 22 37 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 7 14 54 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 4 10 19 39 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 2 7 23 49 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 3 9 22 38 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 3 11 19 40 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 18 20 36 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 10 20 41 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 12 22 47 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 3 10 23 39 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 11 24 48 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 2 9 19 40 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 3 10 19 39 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 2 9 19 40 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 10 19 39 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 3 10 19 39 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 3 9 23 38 27 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 2 5 15 37 41 Disambiguation of 'desk': 0 0 0 100 0
  5. (US) A chest of drawers for clothes. Tags: US Categories (topical): Furniture Translations (chest of drawers for clothes): կոմոդ (komod) (Armenian), ဗီရို (birui) (Burmese), kledingkast [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kast [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), lipasto (Finnish), chiffonnier [masculine] (French), commode [feminine] (French), Kommode [feminine] (German), cassettone (Italian), comò (Italian), burò (Maltese), kommode [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kommode [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cômoda [feminine] (Portuguese), cômodas [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), комо́д (komód) [masculine] (Russian), шифонье́р (šifonʹjér) [masculine] (Russian), cómoda [feminine] (Spanish), byrå [common-gender] (Swedish), şifonyer (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bureau-en-noun-6aLUVkNx Disambiguation of Furniture: 17 5 15 28 35 Categories (other): American English, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 5 9 17 37 32 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 2 5 15 37 41 Disambiguation of 'chest of drawers for clothes': 0 1 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bu, bu. Related terms: bureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucratic, bureau de change, bureaugamy, bureau-ocracy, bureau plat, burel

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "negociado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "for the collection and provision of information",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buró"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maktab",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَكْتَب"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "byuro",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "բյուրո"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "grasenyak",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "գրասենյակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ófis",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́фіс"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kantóra",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "канто́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bjuró",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бюро́"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "burev"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kantóra",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "канто́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bjuró",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бюро́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǔ",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "署"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jú",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "局"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàngōngshì",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "辦公室 /办公室"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìwùsuǒ",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "事務所 /事务所"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "büro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kancelář"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "úřad"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "agentschap"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kantoor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bureau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skrivstova"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "toimisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "virasto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agence"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bureau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "biuro",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "ბიურო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "opisi",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "ოფისი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Büro"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "grafeío",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "γραφείο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lishká",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "לִשְׁכָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kāryālay",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कार्यालय"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kāryaśālā",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कार्यशाला"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "biro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ufficio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じむしつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jimushitsu",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "事務室"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ofisu",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "オフィス"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じむしょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jimusho",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "事務所"
    },
    {
      "alt": "事務室",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "samusil",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "사무실"
    },
    {
      "alt": "事務所",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "samuso",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "사무소"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "opiseu",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "오피스"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kancelárija",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "канцела́рија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "biro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uffiċċju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "daftar",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "دفتر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "biuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "biura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escritório"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "birô"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "birou"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ófis",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́фис"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kontóra",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "конто́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bjuró",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бюро́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kancelária"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oficina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "byrå"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "kawanihan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "büro"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ófis",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́фіс"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kontóra",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "конто́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bjuró",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бюро́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "văn phòng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "word": "sự giúp đỡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "office (room)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "buro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maktab",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَكْتَب"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "graseġan",
      "sense": "desk",
      "word": "գրասեղան"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pisálište",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "писа́лище"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bjuró",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бюро́"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bureau"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bureel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "desk",
      "word": "työpöytä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "desk",
      "word": "kirjoituspöytä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secrétaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bureau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sekretär"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schreibtisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Büro"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "makhtevá",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מִכְתָּבָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "desk",
      "word": "szekreter"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scrivania"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scrittoio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "desk",
      "word": "skrivanija"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skatoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sekretær"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skatoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sekretær"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "biurko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "biurka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "desk",
      "word": "mesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "desk",
      "word": "escrivaninha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "birô"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "birou"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bjuró",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бюро́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "písʹmennyj stol",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пи́сьменный стол"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kontórka",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "конто́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sekretɛ́r",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "секрете́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escritorio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buró"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secreter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "desk",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "buro"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "komod",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "word": "կոմոդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "birui",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "word": "ဗီရို"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kledingkast"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kast"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "word": "lipasto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chiffonnier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "commode"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kommode"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "word": "cassettone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "word": "comò"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "word": "burò"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kommode"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kommode"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cômoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "cômodas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "komód",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "комо́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šifonʹjér",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шифонье́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cómoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "byrå"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chest of drawers for clothes",
      "word": "şifonyer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bureau"
}

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