"buro" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: buros [plural]
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 βερβέριον (berbérion, “shabby garment”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bureau||desk”, earlier “coarse cloth (as desk cover), baize}} French bureau (“desk”, earlier “coarse cloth (as desk cover), baize”), {{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”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} buro (plural buros)
  1. an office Translations (office): burev (Breton), кантора (kantora) [feminine] (Bulgarian), бюро (bjuro) [neuter] (Bulgarian), büro (Crimean Tatar), úřad [masculine] (Czech), agentschap [neuter] (Dutch), kantoor [neuter] (Dutch), bureau [neuter] (Dutch), toimisto (Finnish), virasto (Finnish), agence [feminine] (French), bureau [masculine] (French), Büro [neuter] (German), לשכה (lishka) [feminine] (Hebrew), ufficio [masculine] (Italian), uffiċċju [masculine] (Maltese), escritório [masculine] (Portuguese), бюро́ (bjuró) [neuter] (Russian), конто́ра (kontóra) [feminine] (Russian), oficina [feminine] (Spanish), byrå [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-buro-en-noun-qbvLjG2d Disambiguation of 'office': 100 0 0
  2. a desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath. Translations (desk): գրասեղան (graseġan) (Armenian), писалище (pisalište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), бюро (bjuro) [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), שולחן (Hebrew), szekreter (Hungarian), scrivania [feminine] (Italian), scrittoio [masculine] (Italian), skrivanija (Maltese), mesa (Portuguese), escrivaninha (Portuguese), бюро́ (bjuró) [neuter] (Russian), конто́рка (kontórka) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), escritorio [masculine] (Spanish)
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  3. (US) a chest of drawers for clothes Tags: US Categories (topical): Furniture Translations (chest of drawers for clothes): kledingkast [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kast [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), lipasto (Finnish), Kommode [feminine] (German), cassettone (Italian), comò (Italian), burò (Maltese), cômoda [feminine] (Portuguese), cômodas [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), комо́д (komód) [masculine] (Russian), cómoda [feminine] (Spanish), byrå [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-buro-en-noun-cDYgPXnK Disambiguation of Furniture: 7 39 54 Categories (other): American English, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 5 47 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 6 44 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 47 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 9 32 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 45 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 46 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 49 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 7 50 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 48 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 44 51 Disambiguation of 'chest of drawers for clothes': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bureau Related terms: burocracy, burocrat, burocratic, burel

Inflected forms

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