"bureau" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /by.ʁo/ Audio: Fr-bureau.ogg Forms: bureaux [plural]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: Inherited from Old French burel, 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: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|burel|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French burel, {{inh+|fr|fro|burel}} Inherited from Old French burel, {{cog|frm|bure||coarse woolen cloth}} Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), {{cog|fr|bourre||hair, fluff}} French bourre (“hair, fluff”), {{inh|fr|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: {{fr-noun|m}} bureau m (plural bureaux)
  1. desk Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bureau-fr-noun-Sb5BetdA Categories (other): Furniture Disambiguation of Furniture: 39 11 3 3 3 3 38
  2. office (room) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bureau-fr-noun-34bawx45 Categories (other): Furniture, Rooms Disambiguation of Furniture: 39 11 3 3 3 3 38 Disambiguation of Rooms: 16 28 5 5 5 18 22
  3. ticket office Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bureau-fr-noun-sn-VF5rg
  4. the staff of an office Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bureau-fr-noun-1mM4pGVC
  5. office; an administrative unit Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bureau-fr-noun-O4YKD19M
  6. (obsolete) frieze (coarse woolen cloth) Tags: masculine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-bureau-fr-noun-jtKuD54w
  7. (computing, graphical user interface) desktop (on-screen background) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bureau-fr-noun-LBDSQHQ9 Categories (other): Computing, Graphical user interface, French entries with incorrect language header, Furniture Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 3 3 3 11 75 Disambiguation of Furniture: 39 11 3 3 3 3 38 Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bureau de change, bureau de poste, bureau de tabac, bureau de vote, chaise de bureau, employé de bureau, lampe de bureau, ordinateur de bureau, passer sous le bureau Related terms: bourre, bourgeon

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bureau de change"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bureau de poste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bureau de tabac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bureau de vote"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chaise de bureau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "employé de bureau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lampe de bureau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ordinateur de bureau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "passer sous le bureau"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt-BR",
            "2": "birô",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Brazilian Portuguese: birô",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Brazilian Portuguese: birô"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "buró",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: buró",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: buró"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "büro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Crimean Tatar: büro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Crimean Tatar: büro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "bureau",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: bureau",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: bureau"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "bureau",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: bureau",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: bureau"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bureau",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: bureau",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: bureau"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Büro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Büro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Büro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ht",
            "2": "biwo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Haitian Creole: biwo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Haitian Creole: biwo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "biló",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lingala: biló",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lingala: biló"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "byrå",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: byrå",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: byrå"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "burò",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Piedmontese: burò",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Piedmontese: burò"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "biuro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: biuro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: biuro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "birou",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: birou",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: birou"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "бюро́",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: бюро́ (bjuró)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: бюро́ (bjuró)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sed",
            "2": "bơrô",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sedang: bơrô",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sedang: bơrô"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "biro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: biro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: biro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "buró",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: buró",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: buró"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "byrå",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: byrå",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: byrå"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "பீரோ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: பீரோ (pīrō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: பீரோ (pīrō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "büro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: büro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: büro"
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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        "4": "coarse woolen cloth"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "bourre",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair, fluff"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "burra",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "βερβέριον",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shabby garment"
      },
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    }
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
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        {
          "_dis": "39 11 3 3 3 3 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Furniture",
          "orig": "fr:Furniture",
          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "39 11 3 3 3 3 38",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 28 5 5 5 18 22",
          "kind": "other",
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          "orig": "fr:Rooms",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "office (room)"
      ],
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          "office"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ticket office"
      ],
      "id": "en-bureau-fr-noun-sn-VF5rg",
      "links": [
        [
          "ticket",
          "ticket"
        ],
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the staff of an office"
      ],
      "id": "en-bureau-fr-noun-1mM4pGVC",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "office; an administrative unit"
      ],
      "id": "en-bureau-fr-noun-O4YKD19M",
      "links": [
        [
          "office",
          "office"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "frieze (coarse woolen cloth)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bureau-fr-noun-jtKuD54w",
      "links": [
        [
          "frieze",
          "frieze"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) frieze (coarse woolen cloth)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "fr:Computing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Graphical user interface",
          "orig": "fr:Graphical user interface",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 3 3 3 11 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 11 3 3 3 3 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Furniture",
          "orig": "fr:Furniture",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "desktop (on-screen background)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bureau-fr-noun-LBDSQHQ9",
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "graphical user interface",
          "graphical user interface"
        ],
        [
          "desktop",
          "desktop"
        ]
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        "(computing, graphical user interface) desktop (on-screen background)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "graphical-user-interface",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/by.ʁo/"
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    {
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    }
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}
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
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    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Late Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Late Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bureau de change"
    },
    {
      "word": "bureau de poste"
    },
    {
      "word": "bureau de tabac"
    },
    {
      "word": "bureau de vote"
    },
    {
      "word": "chaise de bureau"
    },
    {
      "word": "employé de bureau"
    },
    {
      "word": "lampe de bureau"
    },
    {
      "word": "ordinateur de bureau"
    },
    {
      "word": "passer sous le bureau"
    }
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt-BR",
            "2": "birô",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Brazilian Portuguese: birô",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Brazilian Portuguese: birô"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "buró",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: buró",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: buró"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "büro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Crimean Tatar: büro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Crimean Tatar: büro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "bureau",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: bureau",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: bureau"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "bureau",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: bureau",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: bureau"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bureau",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: bureau",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: bureau"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Büro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Büro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Büro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ht",
            "2": "biwo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Haitian Creole: biwo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Haitian Creole: biwo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ln",
            "2": "biló",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lingala: biló",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lingala: biló"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "byrå",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: byrå",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: byrå"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "burò",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Piedmontese: burò",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Piedmontese: burò"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "biuro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: biuro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: biuro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "birou",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: birou",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: birou"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "бюро́",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: бюро́ (bjuró)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: бюро́ (bjuró)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sed",
            "2": "bơrô",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sedang: bơrô",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sedang: bơrô"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "biro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: biro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: biro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "buró",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: buró",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: buró"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "byrå",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: byrå",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: byrå"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "பீரோ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: பீரோ (pīrō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: பீரோ (pīrō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "büro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: büro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: büro"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "burel",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French burel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "burel"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French burel",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "bure",
        "3": "",
        "4": "coarse woolen cloth"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "bourre",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair, fluff"
      },
      "expansion": "French bourre (“hair, fluff”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "burra",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "βερβέριον",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shabby garment"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βερβέριον (berbérion, “shabby garment”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French burel, 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bureaux",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "bureau m (plural bureaux)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bu‧reau"
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bourre"
    },
    {
      "word": "bourgeon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "desk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "desk",
          "desk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "office (room)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ticket office"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ticket",
          "ticket"
        ],
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the staff of an office"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "office; an administrative unit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frieze (coarse woolen cloth)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frieze",
          "frieze"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) frieze (coarse woolen cloth)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Computing",
        "fr:Graphical user interface"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "desktop (on-screen background)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "graphical user interface",
          "graphical user interface"
        ],
        [
          "desktop",
          "desktop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, graphical user interface) desktop (on-screen background)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "graphical-user-interface",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/by.ʁo/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-bureau.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/Fr-bureau.ogg/Fr-bureau.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Fr-bureau.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bureau"
}

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