byrå

From French bureau.

byrå n (definite singular byrået, indefinite plural byrå or byråer, definite plural byråa or byråene)

1. agency, bureau, office

• nyhetsbyrå
• reisebyrå
• reklamebyrå

• “byrå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French bureau.

byrå n (definite singular byrået, indefinite plural byrå, definite plural byråa)

1. agency, bureau, office

• reisebyrå
• reklamebyrå

• “byrå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French bureau (“office”), from bure (“woolen cloth”). Thus originally a type of coarse woolen cloth used to cover a writing desk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbyːˌrɔ/, /ˈbyːrɔ/, /bʏˈroː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oː

byrå c

2. (piece of furniture) a bureau, a dresser, a chest of drawers
3. (workplace) a bureau, an office, an agency

• In some job titles, the prefix byrå- is translated to senior, e.g. byråassistent

(piece of furniture):

(workplace):

• byrå in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• byrå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• byrå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)