brume
brume · brumes
Mist, fog, vapourMist, fog, vapour.
/bɹuːm/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, literary, uncountable)Mist, fog, vapour.
Origin
Borrowed from French brume, from Latin brūma (“winter solstice; winter; winter cold”). BrūBorrowed from French brume, from Latin brūma (“winter solstice; winter; winter cold”). Brūma is derived from brevima, brevissima (“shortest”), the superlative of brevis (“brief; short”) (the winter solstice being the shortest day of the year), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“brief, short”).
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Forms
plural: brumesWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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