How to pronounce bureau
American English pronunciation
BYOOR-oh
- IPA
- /ˈbjʊɹoʊ/
- Syllables
- BYOOR · oh (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What bureau means
Most people know bureau in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A chest of drawers for keeping clothes
In a sentence: Sam folded his sweaters and put them in the bottom drawer of his bureau.
Where it comes from: It comes from the French bureau, a desk, which first meant the rough woolen cloth used to cover one. That goes back to the Latin burra, wool or fluff.
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