brusio

Italian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Possibly from Middle High German brūsen +‎ -io (frequentative), from Old High German *brūsen, from Proto-Germanic *brausijaną (“to break; crack; crackle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bruˈzi.o/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: bru‧sì‧o

Noun

brusio m (plural brusii)

  1. hubbub, buzz

Further reading

  • brusio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • brusio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

brusio (Cyrillic spelling брусио)

  1. masculine singular active past participle of brusiti
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